What song are you working on?

Georgia and Somewhere Over the Rainbow are great ones for country tuned harp!

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Gor christmas last year i was given this class and a harp. Well i fell in love with it. After 76 days of daily “shedding” i pulled this together durning and open jam. Not sure how i did it?, had a beverage to loosen up. There was an old white beard there with an accordion he was like my prrsonal phill jackson. Stood next to me coaching in my ear. I also am not sure how his mic and amps were set up. There is a dirty nasty tone that i cant duplicate at home. Take a listen and be brutally honest with your reviews. I ca take it :sunglasses:.

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Sounded great, everything “fit in” nicely, which I think is the whole point. I think in this particular case, no one can really tell if it’s been “76 days” or if you have been doing this for years, since it feels natural.

  • your videography skills could use some work though.
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It was very short. Sounded ok the little bit we could hear. Maybe try for a bit longer recording next time. What key were they playing in?

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Thank you the support really encourages me! I was alone at the jam and tried to place my phone in a manner that woukd work, i failed at videoagrphy :laughing:.

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Well done. Sound is the most important. Don’t worry about the video. So is it a backing track?

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I want to say c but in the heat of the moment i may have grabbed the G. It all went so fast i was dizzy from the adrenalin rush… :laughing:

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No sir, local jam night at a small bar in Wisconsin. . Bout 7 ppl in crowd and maybe 3 or 4 musicians… all very supportive and great fun!

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Fantastic. How exciting. I bet you can’t wait to do it again. Your playing sound good I would double check the key next time. I look forward to your next recording.

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Thank you for the kind words! It will be a lil bit. Leaving for Honduras tomorrow morning. Then 2 stops in mexico and finish with a few days in the keys…

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Holy !@#$!!! HECK YEAH MAN!!! LET HER RIP!!

Sounds like you’re playing tastefully when you’re backing up the vocalist, and your solo is FULL of emotion and I love your courage exploring the whole range of the harmonica.

Blown away bro! Big congrats!!

Keep up the great work!! :sunglasses:

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I just listened again on my desktop after reading Luke’s comments wow your doing GREAT. I hadn’t realized how bad the sound was on my phone. I had only heard it on my phone before and actually missed a lot of you playing in the muffled sound of my phone speaker. Your playing was great. Lesson to me, don’t listen to stuff on your phone without headphones.

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Good job, thanks for sharing it.

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As usual, I have a couple of new tunes on the go. Just today, I started learning ‘If’ by Bread. Those of you in my generation, will know it well. It’s a beautiful song and fits my style with the harmonica. Of course, there are lots of great songs, but I find that some don’t seem to translate well to the harp. This one does, and I recommend it to all you melody playing baby boomers. Only thing is, I can’t decide what key is best to play it in.

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Try an A harp. Tell me what you think.

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Thanks, Toog, yeah, I had tried A, Bb and C harps. Probably agree that A was my pick but really wasn’t sure, particularly as I tend to favour it with many tunes. I just love the sound of it. Nice to have a second opinion.

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Very nice!

If you’d asked me after hearing it, I’d say you’ve been playing for quite some time! I felt totally in the groove and at an appropriate volume to highlight your solo but not dominate everything els too much.

A little sweaky up top, but you could just say you added it for effect and no one would probably know the difference :joy: :+1:

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What a great tune!

I do believe A is what it’s written in, so it’s sounds super cool in A.

But with that said, my key for a song is more likely due to the day:

Monday is A
Tuesday us Ab
Wednesday is G
Thursday is G
Friday is Handicapped day with Bb and Db
Saturday is G again
Sunday is C


I saw your post yesterday and IF sounds killer in G.

Now today in D, it sounds pretty cool too :joy:

I especially like to go into the upper register on my D, just to get people attention!

Great song…

Harp on!

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Thanks for the reply, ‘A’ it is then. What is that yellow harmonica in the bottom pic?

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This is my “Hook” harp. A Kongsheng Route 66 in D :sunglasses: :notes:

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