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Post by martinrowe on Nov 23, 2023 9:17:27 GMT
Yes, you're right, it can get expensive. I only had a C Harmonica for a long time. With that I could play Crossed Harp with the guitar in G and melodies in C - it got frustrating at times but as they say 'you find a way'. You could concentrate on say Heart Of Gold and get the Harmonica that fits that and just concentrate on that - I can't play it but I'd think that will take more than 5 minutes. For some songs in other keys you may be able to capo the guitar to suit the Harmonica. I find myself doing that a fair bit. If you think about it you probably don't need the flat keys, I end up mostly using my A and C Harps and sometimes that governs the key i.e. if something is in D we'll capo the guitar at the 2nd fret (effectively changing the key to E) which means I can play the A Harp crossed. e.g. If you have a C Harmonica you can play guitar chords/melodies in C, capo at 3 and you can play some songs that are will work with A guitar shapes, capo at 5 you can play songs that are in guitar G shapes. As I say I find a C and an A Harmonica I use a lot. Hope it helps PistolPete is the man on this really.
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Post by martinrowe on Nov 14, 2023 19:50:24 GMT
Thanks for that. The melody to Copper Kettle has always got me, ever since hearing it on Self Portrait. Class shows doesn't it.
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Post by martinrowe on Nov 10, 2023 15:11:50 GMT
Thanks for that - enjoyed that.
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Post by martinrowe on Nov 10, 2023 11:38:25 GMT
I don't play harmonica much any more but when I learnt I got to a place where I was pleased - I could play music. I had a C Hohner and back then there was only a book by Tony Glover on Blues Harp. I learnt a couple of tunes/licks from records: an intro at the beginning of a song from the Woody Guthrie tribute concert at Carnegie Hall LP - I learnt to bend notes, and Oh Suzanna.
Along with a prescribed 12 bar I played those two tunes an awful lot and learnt that - it's a musical instrument, it's not the instrument that is complicated/difficult/tricky, it's the music. i.e. you can play Oh Suzanna with a different emphasis or different pace every time.
For the last few years I've been playing in a duo and have found it quite easy to put in a little fill between verses on a song. You don't have to tune them or change strings and it's probably good for the brain cells, what's not to like as they say.
I found it very pleasing when I got a little success with it.
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Post by martinrowe on Nov 8, 2023 12:44:01 GMT
I saw a filmed snippet of Emmy Lou Harris and Gillian Welch in an impromptu conversation raving about the bass singer in this group. Thought I'd take a listen, as you do. Tee He, what a find.
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Post by martinrowe on Nov 8, 2023 11:46:43 GMT
I don't know if this helps Pete but I'll throw this in to the pot. There's a programme on Radio 4 on Friday Nights at 7.15 hosted by Cerys Matthews and one other? and a couple of different musician guests each week. Someone picks a tune and then the next person chooses another which has been influenced by the previous track. People make all sorts of musical connections and the 5 tunes can e.g. be a Beatles song, followed by something by Chopin, followed by a Bulgarian folk song. The links are all musical i.e. 'those three notes at the beginning of that Motown track are the same ones used by Mozart in this Symphony' or 'that rhythm in that work song is the same one used in this old English Folk Song. etc, etc. I find it fascinating. Last week ended with this track and the closing comment was 'if you want to study arranging then have a go at analysing this, it has contrary motion, two lead singers amongst a lot of other things'. Apparently it was changed from four four to three four to spice it up a bit. It surprised me. Kite
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Post by martinrowe on Nov 4, 2023 17:47:08 GMT
This came up on my youtube suggestions - I thought I'd add it here. An old concert around Smoke and Mirrors time. I saw a lot of his concerts around this time.
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Post by martinrowe on Oct 19, 2023 1:35:55 GMT
Phew... the music coming out of that guitar on that last track.
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Post by martinrowe on Oct 12, 2023 12:02:28 GMT
I haven't seen a SQL book in ages
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Post by martinrowe on Oct 11, 2023 22:19:01 GMT
I thought I just sent this so here's my second try. George Sansome asked a similar question a while ago - click on the gsans moniker about four posts down and you can see his question on his threads. Here's my answer - I think it worked: " I got these last year for my Mandolin and they work fine: www.amazon.co.uk/Inside-Diameter-Wearing-Resistant-Grommets/dp/B008AGMM6Q/ref=sr_1_6?crid=24N6K1LY6LDS0&dchild=1&keywords=rubber+grommets+white&qid=1615066690&sprefix=rubber+grommets%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-6They come up if you search for 'rubber grommets white' on Amazon. The ones I bought are for sale for £3.32 at the moment. You could see if anyone has used them for a guitar by looking at the comments. I took a chance and they fitted the mandolin. They're just rubber with a thin groove around the diameter where the string(s) sit and are fairly flexible. I don't know if they'll fit a guitar but they work fine for the Mandolin - they go in the spaces between the strings behind the floating bridge and dampen them. I'd think they would work behind the nut on a guitar as well. " It is a known problem on a mandolin and this is the solution. I would think that it should work on a gypsy guitar due to the floating bridge. Even if it doesn't you'll be able to say that you once bought some grommets - not everyone can say that. Hope it helps.
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Post by martinrowe on Oct 8, 2023 8:38:29 GMT
You may have ruled this out, or already looked at these, but if you want to go the online route you could try Bill Evans on PegheadNation or Alison Brown on ArtistWorks. Free sample Lesson from PegheadNation: Wagon Wheel
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Post by martinrowe on Sept 22, 2023 13:44:58 GMT
Noticed that Ben Morgan-Brown is supporting Jacob & Drinkwater at the Exeter Phoenix next Thursday.
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Post by martinrowe on Sept 22, 2023 10:42:09 GMT
I came across this the other day. If you haven't heard him, Paul Kowert is a bit good.
The whole site is pretty interesting:
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Post by martinrowe on Sept 15, 2023 16:11:54 GMT
I don't like using words like this, but it sounds like a 'gamechanger'. I was listening to Edmund de Waal, the potter, and he said something along the lines of - 'no the objects I make are not perfect - perish the thought, what could be worse'.
There is the Japanese design concept of Wabi Sabi i.e. perfect imperfection, perhaps its day has come.
Then again perhaps AI will be able to create imperfection as well.
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Post by martinrowe on Sept 3, 2023 12:10:00 GMT
No problem Robbie.
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