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Re: Training Wheels . . . ?

Paul Lee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:54:55 GMT

Wayne,, that is absolutely correct. and I bet not one in 100 will heed and follow too much like work these are , including myself, harmonica players after all,

Training Wheels . . . ?

Wayne (Reed) Knazek — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:50:19 GMT

Lose the Training Wheels . . . It's time to learn how to play harp. :) Do you spend a considerable amount of time working on scales? Chords? Learning how to

Re: Training Wheels

biscuitboy714@... — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:50:53 GMT

You can re-plate chrome but it is very hard to get it to look right. It gets cloudy looking and you have to re buff it. Easiest thing to do is strip the

Re: Training Wheels

Tom McCraig — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:04:26 GMT

There is an exercise that I use to gain proficiency in jumps. Rather than practicing octave jumps I start with BABY STEPS. I start at the low C then go to D.

Re: Training Wheels

blbdee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:23:12 GMT

Now that I'm going to try. I'm not going to try it with the Saxony, but I am going to try it.. thanks. . .

Re: Training Wheels

speedlad@... — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:30:07 GMT

Lots of lip gloss will take you far in a slide. Joyce ... From: blbdee To: harptalk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 8:18 pm Subject:

Re: Training Wheels

Garry — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:28:23 GMT

... you might try little dots from a hot glue gun. they might come off too easily, dunno. but you'd have a good bit of control over shape and size, and when

Re: Training Wheels

blbdee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:14 GMT

Good idea, bandage dots would be removeable. The clear finger nail polish dots work very well as far as that goes. It takes several coats, and it is a delicate

Re: Training Wheels

blbdee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:41:08 GMT

I've practiced playing scales with octave jumps, like; c C c d D d e E e,, etc... I guess I've got a mental block, it just wipes me out to make a mistake while

Re: Training Wheels

blbdee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:18:47 GMT

With a guitar 'slide' you get a chromatic run, and I am trying to learn to do that on the harmonica. I can do little chromatic links added between the written

Re: Training Wheels

Rex — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:05:39 GMT

Cut some little dots out of a bandage. Let us know what you do and how it worked.

Re: Training Wheels

bill price — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:16:03 GMT

many say it's wrong. big deal. you don't really have to replate, and you almost can't replate over chrome, only nickel. try a center punch. it'll hardly mark

Re: Training Wheels

speedlad@... — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:13:19 GMT

A guitar player told me to slide while looking for the note thats what he does on the guitar and instead of sounding like a mistake it sounds like something

Training Wheels

blbdee — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:07:19 GMT

I've been playing chromatic harmonica for about four years. I play the vocal line in popular classics (oldies) usually with guitar or piano accompaniment. The

Re: Adam gussow Harp clinic, 1/12, North Little Rock

bluester2001 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:27:49 GMT

i have to qualify here. this is WEATHER PERMITTING! we have quite a lot of snow on the roads right now and possibly more on the way over thursday and friday.