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wanting to learn how to play the harmonica

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well, ive have experience in playing guitar a saxophone(wood wind) and was wondering if anyone played harmonica decently around here?

how much should i be looking at to spend for a "beginner's" harmonica?

would it be easy enough to teach myself like i have with sax/guitar?

word
 
Wow. I also play the guitar and the alto sax, and was wondering how hard the harmonica was to learn.

Freaky.

Someone reply for us both. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Wow. I also play the guitar and the alto sax, and was wondering how hard the harmonica was to learn.

Freaky.

Someone reply for us both. 🙂
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:beer:

<plays alto also
 
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Wow. I also play the guitar and the alto sax, and was wondering how hard the harmonica was to learn.

Freaky.

Someone reply for us both. 🙂
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the hell, I just brought an harmonica today, and was hoping to learn it...

I play violin and trombone.

anyways, I went to the music store, and my harmonica was around 25 bucks. It's a "Blues Harp" in the key of C....made of metal and wood.

the guy who sold it to me told me that that is the better quality, and the key of C is a good place to start.
 
You can pick it up in an hour if you know how to play another instrument and know your scales. Kind of like playing a kazoo but with more than one note 🙂

E and G are good scales to get.
 
Originally posted by: Semidevil
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Wow. I also play the guitar and the alto sax, and was wondering how hard the harmonica was to learn.

Freaky.

Someone reply for us both. 🙂
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the hell, I just brought an harmonica today, and was hoping to learn it...

I play violin and trombone.

anyways, I went to the music store, and my harmonica was around 25 bucks. It's a "Blues Harp" in the key of C....made of metal and wood.

the guy who sold it to me told me that that is the better quality, and the key of C is a good place to start.
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Yeah, the C minor scale is a popular blues scale. Good for sad slow blues.
 
Originally posted by: DP
well, ive have experience in playing guitar a saxophone(wood wind) and was wondering if anyone played harmonica decently around here?

how much should i be looking at to spend for a "beginner's" harmonica?

would it be easy enough to teach myself like i have with sax/guitar?

word
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woah, crazy, i play alto and guitar too, played tenor for jazz band before the first alto graduated and i took his place... we have a harmonica laying around somewhere, not entirely sure where anymore, since we moved a few months ago, but i've looked at it many many times and thought about learning to play it...
 
Originally posted by: Fritzo
You can pick it up in an hour if you know how to play another instrument and know your scales. Kind of like playing a kazoo but with more than one note 🙂

E and G are good scales to get.
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I never did "learn" how to play the Kazoo! 😱
 
Speaking of harmonicas, is that what is played all the time in Blues Traveler's songs? I say it's a harmonica but my friend says it can't be, that its got to be a flute or clarinet.
 
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Speaking of harmonicas, is that what is played all the time in Blues Traveler's songs? I say it's a harmonica but my friend says it can't be, that its got to be a flute or clarinet.
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It's a harmonica (the hip people call it a harp). Heheheh...a flute. That would sound like Jethro Tull!
 
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