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and they were also issued in the first world war to frontline troops on both sides. ....
I don't practice as much as I should, to take it to another level...but life gets in the way. ....
great thread by the way , thanks to Ash for starting it =D>
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And Ash I have wanted a laney lc15r for a while and wondered ...what valves and speaker your running. . ?
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I found this guy's series of lessons helpful...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddM5RlWSJ4E
That's the first one. Work through them step by step.
A C harp is good to get first because most online lessons use that - you can sook and blaw on the same hole and get the same pitch as the teacher. A D is handy for jamming to blues in A. I'm another Lee Oskar fan - Thomann's prices are pretty good if you're ordering a few or buying something else already (the 10 euro postage on one harp wipes out the saving). If not, just get down to your nearest music shop and buy one.
I wouldn't bother with things like mic and amp for a while - needs a bit of research, and costs money that's arguably better spent on some decent harps. You also need to work out if you want to play acoustically (cleanly amplified, like for recording or PA) or overdriven for the Chicago sound ('crap' mic and small amp getting pushed for a low-fi sound).
Bending is weird. I found various web sites that claimed to have the theory behind it nailed, full of diagrams showing tongue positions and mouth shapes, but it still took ages to get it to happen. As Ash says, it's a knack, and seems to be a case of doing odd things with your mouth and throat until it happens.
There are forums out there, but I never bothered with any of them. They can be handy when threads come up in searches, though.
Nomad
Nobody loves me but my mother... and she could be jivin' too...
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The Superlux D112 clone/copy/style of the Green Bullet seems pretty good, and Thomann's price is excellent...
http://www.thomann.de/gb/superlux_d112c.htm
About 15 quid less than even Amazon. Demo here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCf4qNEtu88
Decent length of cable and built in volume control with a centre detent. Quite a heavy and bulky mic, though. I've been harbouring plans to recase the cartridge from a cheapy dynamic to get something that fits into the hand better.
Nomad
Nobody loves me but my mother... and she could be jivin' too...
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The Superlux will certainly work for that.
Before I got mine, I thought it was a plastic case. When I picked it up, I realised it was all cast metal. Fixed cable as well, so you can give it a swing and get it back into action right away rather than have to go and find it when the plug comes out.
Nomad
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All good advice above about learning. ..just stick with it...
hours of fun. ..In a sound proof room away from your loved ones....:-)
so harp is a synonym for harmonica? confusing.
I tried it a few times, could never bend a note which I really wanted to do (ala man with a harmonica) so I gave up.
Is bending notes hard or is it pretty begginer?
.and play in the correct key (called cross harp) when playing blues. ..
straight harp is just playing the melody of a tune in the same key. ..If you want the blues sound, cross harp is your friend. I.e if guitar is playing blues in 'E' you need to be playing a harp in 'A'. To get the blues sound..
I can highly recommend the book and cd called ' beginning blues harp by Don Baker'.
Hopefully this link works?
If not search above on Ebay, can be had for as little as £3.99.... This book is what started me off. ..:-)
good luck with your quest and anybody else reading this.... us Harp players are a friendly bunch.....
cheers Mark.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151873745286&alt=web
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