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If this topic has been discussed i apologize-I couldn’t find anything in the forum on it.

I am getting a harmonica neck harness so I can start working guitar and harmonica together

I know there will be a challenging learning curve and that challenge excites me.

Quick self assessment:
Harmonica…
I can isolate notes well.
Chords well.
Bending very novice.
I know my scales and can play them proficiently.
I can play several melodies and riffs.
Tongue blocking very novice.
Soloing I am very novice.

Guitar…
I am an intermediate player. Mostly Rythm.
I know my scales
I know my chords
I play several rythms.
I like to play blues riffs and much like harmonica I am a very novice with solo’s

Finally the ask!!!
Any thoughts on how to start playing the two instruments together?
Any songs that might be a good starting point?
Any exercises that help progress?

Thanks in advance
Mike

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I’d suggest starting with something you know how to play on guitar. That will make it easier for adding harmonica.

Possibilities? Depends on music you like - folk, one man band, blues, jazz, etc.
~ Bob Dylan doing “Mr Tambourine Man” or “Blowing in the Wind”;
~ Jesse Fuller with “San Francisco Bay Blues”;
~ Jimmy Reed’s “Honest I Do “ or “Big Boss Man”
~ Thiago Cerveira and Mauro Casellatto on “Tenor Madness”.
https://youtu.be/xBC5ZnNbF9w?

There’s no one song or style and plenty of available sources. Go to YouTube and search “songs harmonica and guitar player” . You’ll find people playing everything from “Folsom Prison Blues” and “Georgia “ to “Heart of Gold” and “Take Me Home Country Road”.

Good luck finding enough time to practise!

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Thank you BnT.

Appreciate the input.

:v:

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