SoulHarp
18 posts
Feb 01, 2011
6:21 AM
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What is your Favorite or Most challenging Harp Technic Exercise ?
My favorite right now is doing Chord Arpeggios in every Octave.
Most challenging has always being keepingmy bends in tune w/ speed through my lower register ! ;(
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Icemaster
14 posts
Feb 01, 2011
8:33 AM
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I've been practicing on a treadmill. 2.5 MPH, 6% incline, playing blues scale, some improv, and some songs I know. Not to strenuous but after about 20 minutes you can start to feel it. And who can't use more walking these days?
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ridge
178 posts
Feb 01, 2011
8:36 AM
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LOL Icemaster, nice!
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garry
26 posts
Feb 01, 2011
3:37 PM
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pick your favorite hot tuna or allman brothers instrumental and figure out how to play it on harp. ain't easy keeping up with Jorma.
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Diggsblues
713 posts
Feb 02, 2011
10:30 AM
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c 10 hole 1st octave.
Major scale fragments without overblows.
Moving in the circle of 5ths.
c d e f g f e d c
g a b c d c b a g
d e f# g a g f# e d
There's more but this will get you started.
Some can't be done without overblows so skip
those for now.
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hvyj
1206 posts
Feb 02, 2011
11:13 AM
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@Diggs: How do you get the F# on a C harp?
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MP
1352 posts
Feb 02, 2011
11:21 AM
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hvyj,
5 OB is F# on a C harp. also,9 blow bend, and the obvious 2 draw bend 1/2 step.
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MP
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Last Edited by on Feb 02, 2011 11:25 AM
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Diggsblues
714 posts
Feb 02, 2011
12:43 PM
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Bend the note played in the first octave.
This exercise is meant for non overblowing.
It's for bending in the first octave.
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boris_plotnikov
439 posts
Feb 02, 2011
1:11 PM
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1. Series of articulated bends at 3-rd hole, while keeping them in tune.
2. 3 octave F# major scale and arpeggio with C richter diatonic.
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bluzmn
7 posts
Feb 05, 2011
1:22 AM
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Playing "Amazing Grace" with a bagpipe-like drone, the way Howard Levy does it; in some parts, you have to TB 4 or 5 holes.
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roadharp
63 posts
Feb 05, 2011
8:33 AM
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peter gun bass line 2d 2d 3d 1/4 2d 3d 1/2 2d 4b 3d whole da da ew da o da ta aw its fun and not easy if done right try to do it as fast and slow as u can.and the blues scale up and back down.from 1 hole to the 9 hole.
Last Edited by on Feb 05, 2011 8:41 AM
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nacoran
3774 posts
Feb 05, 2011
11:31 AM
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Icemaster- lol. I just had an asthma attack two days ago trying to play while I used my step machine!
It's not a terribly hard exercise, but it's useful. I practice getting a good seal on my cup by trying to sound the 10 hole draw on a 1-3 hole blow. Hmm, seem to be able to get a blow bend on something on the low end too. That's new.
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harpdude61
724 posts
Feb 05, 2011
11:41 AM
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Going quickly and cleany between all the available notes on any hole......like (6) hole..blow, draw bent, draw unbent, overblow,...up and down both
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