The Chromatic Harmonica Chronicles - 01 The Harp Itself and First Scales

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IDRrS9GOoAQ&feature=shared as requested by @DavidW

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Iā€™m subscribed to his YouTube too he has some great easy to follow lessons on there but thereā€™s about ten? Weeks of chromatic lessons itā€™s pretty good. Iā€™ve learned quite quickly. Tip watch the video through a few times get the riffs in you head note where his mistakes are and then just donā€™t make them. He usually uses an expletive to indicate the mistake so you canā€™t miss em :joy::joy::joy: Iā€™m up to lesson six and Iā€™ve found backing tracks in the key he suggests and also a key for my A chromatic and since my cold has gone Iā€™ve been practicing I still a bit short of breath though

Unfortunately Iā€™m locked out, all my computer and 'phone equipment belongs to chambers and have a number of restrictions built in, so unless I fork out for a personal computer the YouTube link is unavailable to me. Jay1

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@Jay1

Maybe I am out of the loop, but what is Chambers?

Sorry thatā€™s my fault Chambers is a UK term for an office from where lawyers work. I suppose we all get used to using certain terms, people not familiar with harmonicas or music could be confused with terms like harp. Youā€™re not out of the loop, I just used a term from the wrong loop :roll_eyes: Jay1

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Thank you @Andy2
Here a link to the guyā€™s channel too.

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@Jay1

Thanks! Learn something new every day!

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Thanks for that I couldnā€™t figure out how to put a link into the comments

Itā€™s a thing that I think the designer of the forum software (Discourse?) maybe thought would be ā€˜intuitiveā€™?

If you use the ā€˜Hyperlinkā€™ button in the editor tool bar to insert a link, what you get is a clickable link, like there was in your post.

If you simply paste the link into your message text, the forum software takes a look at it & if it recognises the style & location of the link it does some ā€˜software magicā€™ and ā€˜embedsā€™ content into your message. The software doesnā€™t understand everything, but it can usually do a good job with well known sites such as youtube.
If itā€™s going to work, youā€™ll see the effect within seconds in the preview panel.

Itā€™s great, but especially for those of us who have been using computers for a long time itā€™s not the first thing weā€™d think of doing because for many years it would have been pointless.

Strange things computers, at timesā€¦ LOL!

I hope that makes sense & helps.

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You may as well be Speaking Chinese!!!:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy: Iā€™m terrible at technology I use my phone, which is even worse, I have a very basic knowledge of computers I have no knowledge at all about phones. And Iā€™m going to have to get a new phone Iā€™m dreading it, all the redownloading apps remembering passwords for an autistic person who does write these things down ( then forgets where he puts them) itā€™s an absolute nightmare. My wife wants me to get an iPhone not bloody likely! I want something simple and basic.

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Iā€™d hate trying to use Forums on a phone (BTW the only reason I carry a phone when Iā€™m out is so I can be contacted by a small number of people who need to do so. Itā€™s only recently my mobile has even been turned on when Iā€™m at home, and itā€™s as basic as I can get away with!
Iā€™ve worked with computers for over 40 years, mainly as a software developer, but that doesnā€™t means I necessarily like them or all that they do, Nowdays there is so much you could try to know about them that I stick to a ā€œneed to knowā€ basis.
When Iā€™m not at work I try to minimise their use - but a browser for keeping track of forums is one of the things I allow. :slight_smile:

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Yeah I used to use mine just to make and receive calls every one thought I was strange

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