Yo, my name is Daniel, anyone any tips on singling out notes to play scales. With the deep relaxed mouth position I seem to keep catching other notes when trying to play single notes on a scale. Any ideas? Cheers maan
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When you have the harp in your deep mouth position, pull the left and right sides towards the middle (in other words: transition into a pucker) while keeping the harp in the deep mouth position.
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I started to learn on harmonica with verry big holes (Hohner Chrometta 8) and there was no problem with separating notes.
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Yo cheers man that works just great, ive just taken my harmonica apart, and one of the reason for my failing was reeds clogged with tobacco. Haha, I shall now definitely keep it in a case.
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Yep, that’ll do it! I’m probably way over fastidious about keeping my harps clean. Even after practicing on what ever harp(s) that I use each day I give the cover a wipe down with IPA and then a buff with a microfiber cloth and let them dry overnight before placing them back in a display case that I just happened to have from years ago.
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If you lip purse, try leaving your top lip loose while forming a ‘V’ shape with your lower lip. You should be able to get single notes - at least, this is how I play.
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@pwherda I learning awhile ago…. don’t eat garlic and play harmonica. Trust me.
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Im not sure what you mean aboit garlic, but now you’ve mentioned it it kinda makes me wana try it.
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Also thanks to all. I’ll try all techniques and see which I get best results with.
Tilting the harmonica can help a lot to get single notes at beginning without sacrificing deep relaxed mouth position.
You’ve seen this?
Don’t play after eating garlic. It is a really hard smell to get out of harmonicas, and kind of weird to play with.
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Drop your jaw when you play as this will reduce the size of the hole you draw and blow through.
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Practice, practice, practice
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