"Dylan" <DDawson72@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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plan to start listening, with harmonica in mouth, to the great
harmonica players, in order to build up a repertoire of licks and
riffs. The problem is that I don't know where or how to start.
Go to Google, or Amazon, or similar, and search for "blues harp" or blues
harp players, or blues harmonica and so on. Wikipedia will likel have an
article - wait..., yes they do:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_harp
Look at the list of players and see if you can find recordings of them
(try
iTunes, or even Rhapsody, where you can get some free plays).
I would say, ideally, you should start chronologically - for example, Jon
Popper from Blues Traveler is amazing - but trying to learn from him might
be wrought with frustration. Some of the early ones like Sonny Boy
Williamson might be a good point of departure.
I've toyed (far too long now) with the idea of putting my harmonica in the
car so I can play while I'm stuck in traffic in the morning. I've yet to
do
it, but I need to bite the bullet (pun intended) and try to get a little
bit
better (I can play Love Me Do, the solo from The Romantics "What I Like
About You" and similar things).
HTH,
Steve
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