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Location: New Jersey / New York | Looking to purchase a 12-hole chromatic harmonica in C, any recommendations? And also looking to get a harmonica neck holder as well... any feedback would be appreciated!!! |
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Location: GA USA | If you're using them together, of course, the holder makes the chromatic useless. I've had a neck holder for years, and have been using it more lately. I think if I were looking to get one today, I would look at pros who play them well and try to get a model similar. Beck does a good job with his, and it looks like your basic model, just like mine. The angle is tricky, so watch Dylan or Beck and take cues from them.
Lastly, like singing, your harp playing has to be practiced so that you don't have to think about notes while you're playing guitar. Since you're doing 2 complex things at once, every time you change a chord, immediately get in mind what chord is next. That is my method for minimizing screw-ups.
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Location: Avondale, AZ | Don't include Bob Dylan as a pro. |
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| If he ain't pro by now, he should get a day job.
Any reason why Chromatic? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I don't play harmonica, but I have found that a harmonica holder works just fine for holding my kazoo. Dave
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | mail911780
I played a harp off and on a few years back when my son and I were playing country rock, and I used a holder which I seem to have lost over the years.
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A Chromatic is almost useless if you are going to play guitar simultanoiusly. What you need is 3 or 4 harps that cover the keys you intend to play in.
Number two:
Make sure you know the bass end from the treble end, I , and my son, were never so embarrased as when I took a harp break on a song we had played hundreds of times with the harp backwards, I'll never forget the look he gave me as something emerged that had nothing to do with what we were playing. What was even more amazing was the sudden applause we got as the audience thought they were hearing amazing improvisation on a generally boring song.
I haven't played much harp since as I peaked on that night.
Bailey |
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