DATE: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 17:28:44 CDT Subject: Re: I'm new here...(Thanks!) From: Craig.Smo~mf41.usace.army.mil
> Thirteen years guitar? Wow - I wish you lived in Columbus - we would chain > you down and force you to learn chord harmonica. We need a chord player > badly. I feel a guitar player is a natural to learn chord - they already > know the chords and rhythms. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack,
Thanks for posting back to me! I would have posted back privately, but I did not have *your* email address and when I hit R)eply it just sends it back to the whole list. Oh well, sorry everyone. :-)
Your information is extremely handy, especially for a beginner like me. :-) Chord harmonica? Would that be like playing three or four different notes (using the tongue blocking method I assume) to make 3rd or 5th type chords? (PEMI - Please Excuse My Ignorance) Just wondering. :-)
> >So please people... excuse my ignorance on the subject and be gentle. ;-) > >I'll get there eventually. > Enjoy your harp and don't be afraid to ask harmonica questions - we're all > learning here - just at different levels. As someone once said, "There's no > such thing as a stupid question". > > Tip of the day - Start saving your quarters and plan to attend a harmonica > festival, preferably SPAH, real soon. Also - check to see if one of the four > Harmonica clubs in Alabama is near you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boy, I'd like to be able to go to some, but I'll definitely have to "play them by ear", no pun intended. ;-) My wife has put us on "THE BUDGET FROM HELL!!!" So I don't know when I'll even be allowed to buy new strings! ;-) No, it's not quite THAT bad... but it's not too far away, either.
A couple of questions I have for you is: Do you have any transcribed Blues Harp licks that you could email me? If they aren't readily available I will just look for some on the HarmoniGopher archive. *AND*: What term for "harmonica" is politically correct *here*? Do people mind the word "harp"? I don't wish to accidentaly offend anyone, but "harp" takes less time to type, y'know? ;-)
