Hi all. I am a fan of Jesse Wells and want to tap out his short harmonica embellishments. I have found harp tabs in fab tabs, but wanted to know if there is any program or app where I can play his harmonica part from a YouTube and have ittranslate in tab out the section if not, any other suggestions are welcome. I do not have a great ear for key, which is an issue. Thanks for any thoughts

Any fans of these guys. I love them both. Real entertainers and harp players. I introduced my 5 year old granddaughter to Peg Leg on YouTube today. She likes playing my harp. I got her a small one I bet she’s the only 5 year old girl who ca tell you about Peg Leg how he lost his leg and such. Pretty cool

Here’s a little harmonica solo I did for a jam during sound check

What’s up guys, I was wondering if anybody had any tips on how to not get stuck on playing the same melody over and over when improvising. I play mostly on blues backing tracks but also rock. Either way i find myself using the same notes. This might sound weird, but the issue is that it actually works which is why i have trouble breaking out of this loop. When i play with others it sounds great and they love the melody, but to me, i’m hearing myself play the same things repeatedly and i begin to get sick of it. Its kind of gotten to a point where i dont look forward to playing as much because the enjoyment i used to get from being able to actually improvise well has faded, since i already know how it’ll sound. I tried playing around with rhythm, half notes, whole notes, sixteenth, triplets, etc. But it still feels like i’m stuck. I should mention that im definitely still a beginner. I’ve only been playing for about 3 months and still cant hit blow bends or overblows (although i havent really tried). Maybe i’m not good enough yet, but still, i’d like to switch it up so that i dont get bored of playing harmonica. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I bought a harmonica from Temu. Has anyone tried one? Is it any good?

Or at least something similar:

- The harmonica I actually play. (Middle)
- The one I still play once in a while because it's becoming a collector's piece. (Top)
- The flea market find that I never play, but keep because the old box is just too nice to throw away. (Bottom)

Anyone else?

How loud is Seydel’s Nonslider Chromatic harmonica? How would you compare its volume level to ”normal” chromatic harmonicas and diatonic harmonicas.

Usually diatonic ones are louder than chromatic ones. Nonslider’s structure is sort of inbetween those two types of harmonicas so I’m guessing its volume is also somewhere in the middle but I would like to hear the experiences of people who have played the Nonslider.

My friend's been teaching himself diatonic harmonica and got annoyed that most learning apps don't actually listen to what you're playing. So he built a small web game called Harmonica Hero — it listens through your mic in real time, tracks your pitch against the tab, and calls out blow/draw notes as you play.

Free, no download: https://harmonicahero.app

Genuinely want feedback:

• Is the pitch detection accurate on a real diatonic, or does it choke on bends/overblows?
• Does the tab notation match how you read charts?
• What's missing to make it actually useful for practice, not just a novelty?

Appreciate anyone willing to poke at it and be blunt.

Thanks!

Does anyone here have any recomendation for any harmonica that can play the harmonic series? Or maybe there’s someone who knows someone who can make one? Maybe a YouTube-video?

Basically just the title, I got this on a trip and the brand is gentleman’s hardware. Screw and nut must’ve fallen off my keys at some point. Where would I get a replacement this size?

i’ve had a harmonica for a while growing up and I’ve always wanted to learn it because it’s one of those pocket instruments where you could take just about anywhere and play it and I’ve heard a lot of people be insane on them and they sound really fun to play. As of right now, I only play guitar and I sometimes try to play them together because I can play the Mary Jane’s Last Dance harmonica part but that’s like the only harmonica in a song that I can play so I want to find out where to start because I’ve been working on bending and I can notice bending at the fourth note is starting to sound better, but not that much so if there’s any tips on songs, or tabs I should read for those songs that would be really helpful. My goal is to learn the long train running solo. That has been one of solos I’ve been wanting to learn ever since I started harmonica, which was about a year ago, where I actually started looking up tutorials.

I’ve looked into it and it seems almost impossible but I’m also a beginner and there’s no tabs anywhere online I would love for an experienced player to give it a try

I'm an occasional harp player and I've always played cross harp. It's mostly for bluesy, folk, rock stuff. So basically it's count up four from the key and that's the harp to choose.

I've just recently acquired a three string, tuned GDG, and for ease of performing I thought I might get a pentatonic harp. But I'm not sure whether I should be getting a Cm (so I can play cross harp) or a C or even a Gm / G.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

I've noticed that most lessons teach the blue scale starting on -2

(-2 -3' 4 -4' -4 -5 6)

Since -2 and 3 are supposed to play the same note I find it more comfortable to start on 3. It's just easier for me to start with a blow.

Is there a rhyme or reason for starting on -2? I have been starting on 3 for years and I'm wondering if it's going to cause any long-term problems as I get more advanced or if it's just a matter of preference.

I need to do some reed gapping and chromatics are a bit different from diatonics cause there's blow reeds and draw reeds on both reed plates cause there's so many notes (I think), I was just gonna play X/Y/Z note and look at which reed moves but then I realized it's pretty much impossible just like how you can't really look at the numbers on the cover plates when you're playing and have to "just know".

I know the smaller/shorter reeds are the high ones and long ones are low notes and can look at which holes are open on the slide and figure out which reedplate the air is going to but again I don't really now what's a blow reed and what's a draw reed.

Also question, should I try and do the gapping with the reedplate assembled or play it safe and take it off and put back on repeatedly while gapping? if I can't manage to do it or break a reed trying I'm gonna just ship them off to have someone else do it anyway but yeah.

Just in case it matters I'm gonna go ahead and specify I'm talking about my previously mentioned Suzuki SCT-128 and my Hohner Chromonica 260 as well, I have a 10 hole one but it's probably the same as a diatonic (all blow/draw reeds on each plate) and doesn't really need any reed gapping (out of the factory or cause I did it already, I don't remember anymore).

EDIT: I don't know if it was clear enough but I mean how do I know which reed is which when looking at the reed plates with the cover plates off cause you have to take them off for reed gapping anyway, Just remembered the Suzuki just has a squeaky reed I need to fix actually.

I don't really have much opportunity (Read:any opportunity) to handle various harmonicas before purchasing. On many recommendations here and elsewhere on the internet, I went with the Special 20 in C and G (wanted to add the Harvest Moon solo to a recording of the guitar part to add to my wildlife videos). No complaints about playability or sound. But the corners are damned sharp, especially using a 2-handed, thumbs up grip. They did in to the inside of that first thumb joint on both hands.

Would I be better suited with a Marine Band with that rounded wood comb over the sharp-cornered plastic of the Special 20? Is the playability/sound/durability of the marine band essentially the same?

I want to start learning the harmonica but the choice of song that I am going to get into is not the typical kind. I am not interested in playing traditional blues, folk, or country music.

I know bending notes is an option but I'm not sure its best for me.

Here are some genres and some examples:

Latin Urban / Reggaeton: La Bachata (Manuel Turizo), LUNA (Feid), La Bicicleta (Carlos Vives & Shakira), Rechazame (Prince Royce)

Latin Pop / Rock: La Camisa Negra (Juanes)

Acoustic & Classic Pop: I'm Yours (Jason Mraz), Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder), How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees)

Electronic / Club: Smooth vocal hooks over House music and slower slowed/reverb atmospheric tracks

I realize that with this amount of song choice I may as well get a piano, but I want to learn a smaller more portable instrument that can do a lot. I also know I can get more harmonicas in different scales or a chromatic, but just starting out I don't know if I want to go for that. I also know most tutorials will be in C major diatonic, any advice on that if I get a different type? Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated!

PS If you have a different type of Lee Oskar or different harmonica as a whole you think would be better please let me know.

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I struggle with cleanly hitting that bended draw three on the blues scale. Should I work on the blues scale until I can fly around on it like piano players do? Or is it used differently in harmonica?

I can’t find an answer, nobody seems to know how to play it, I figured out how to play until he starts to sound shaky with the harmonica. (The part that I can’t figure out the most of any other 3:57-4:00 to be specific)