Harmonica

[BigBlueConk]

*Insert mouth organ jokes.*
It's about knowing when to suck and when to blow etc.

But seriously.

Are any of you harmonica players?

I want to learn how to play a harmonica properly.
I guess it's just practise.

Are any keys better than any others for learning?

Budget about £30 for any brands I should look out for?

I never thought I would be asking about harmonicas this time last week.
I blame Susanna at work.

Oh Susanna!

Is what I have been challenged to learn to play first.....

 

[peteblue]

Start with one of these.....

 

[BigBlueConk]

Start with one of these.....

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That's an upgrade from comb and paper!

 

[Paris]

 

[john jako]

Unsure on harmonicas but a few on here are experts with the pink flute.

 

[summerisle]

Harmonica you say ? Well here's 'Harmonica' from The Graham Bond Organisation which featured Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. From the risible film Gonks Go Beat.

 

[Dharma]

 

[verreauxi]

Very cool instrument. My sense is that it is easy to learn a few quick tunes on it--there must be 100s of youtube tutorials to start you off, but definitely hard to master a la John Popper (Blues Traveler).

 

[marnie]

Arrrrrrrrrrr..... Monica is my sisters name x

 

[BigBlueConk]

Very cool instrument. My sense is that it is easy to learn a few quick tunes on it--there must be 100s of youtube tutorials to start you off, but definitely hard to master a la John Popper (Blues Traveler).

The local shop in Bury opens at 9am and I will take a plunge and just go for it!

This is ace!
I want to play like this

 

[BigBlueConk]

And if Roger can do it....

 

[Jamo Martinez]

I've been thinking about learning to accompany my limited guitar playing.

 

[BigBlueConk]

I've been thinking about learning to accompany my limited guitar playing.

I ended up buying 2 harmonicas.
One in A for Oh Susanna and one in G for Heart of Gold.

I then splashed out on a brand new electric/acoustic guitar that was looking at me!
My plan is to practise a bit and then get an amplifier that goes all the way up to eleven!

 

[LEONARD]

The harmonica is a serious instrument, long embraced in classical music.

This is a fantastic concerto, composed by Malcolm Arnold.

 

[bigjonny]

The great Terry "Harmonica " Bean.