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@derekm1973 welcome to the forum bro. FOR SURE! You got this! :facepunch:t3:

@colinmort - wow Colin you sound quite experienced. GREAT to have you here. Looking forward to hearing more from you in the future.

@Hassan - welcome to the community here my friend. Great to have you join. Of course Stevie mostly plays chromatic, tho he does play diatonic on Boogie on Reggae Woman. (But you’ll need to wait until you get blow bends down before talking that.)

Isn’t she lovely works pretty well on the diatonic harp key of A, or even easier on an E Melody Maker Lee Oskar harmonica. Rock on! :sunglasses:

@joserichart1 remember this is “learning by immersion” so it’s natural to feel overwhelmed at times! Just keep trucking.

@djpas - Hey Pas - so happy you’ve joined Beginner to Boss. Yeah, so all that turntabling experience is really going to be helpful for the way you play harmonica. Now the end result is always to be able TO FEEL IT. BUT lots of people THINK they are feeling it (but are actually FAKING it. :rofl:) So the trick is: 1.) SLOW IT WAY down and clap while counting.
2.) Speed it up.
3.) Dispense with the counting and just feel it.
4.) Play it.

To be clear - I’m never counting in my head when I’m performing. Hope that helps! Rock on! :sunglasses:
@Slim even though Neil Young isn’t super technical, there is one passage on his Heart of Gold solo that DOES warrant this type of approach for sure.

@hooligan Great to have you hear Ed. I hope you’re staying cool. :grin:

@Streets365 welcome to the forum George! So glad you’ve taken up the harmonica. I hope you never quit! Keep us posted how it goes…

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