Hi,
I've been learning and practising harmonica on my own for a long time, over 6 years and I have never played in a band... only a few times in my life with another musician (most often guitarists)
I recently began playing melodica and one day I'll buy an accordion, it's all about the sound! :-)
I decided to create this site in order to showcase my videos, and to allow other musicians in the world to do the same by joining my site... I get a truly international audience thanks to the automatic translation of every pages, you can check this fact by clicking on the bottom right corner of the page on "GEO VISITORS".
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Hello, thank you for your
Hello, thank you for your very long comment. I'm using mostly music sheets, so I play the tunes as they are written on my books or print outs (from internet music sheets) because I haven't developed an improvisation ability yet, I should specifically work on that.
As for your chromatic harmonica, I don't know it, but what I can advice is to choose the 14 holes because the 2 additional holes in the lower notes can come handy with some tunes, but 12 is fine. On the other hand, I've lost about one year when I first started harmonica because I bought a nice looking one but with holes in iron and it was painful and difficult to play, the current one Hohner Chrometta 14 holes has holes in plastic and big enough so it's a pleasure to play on, maybe if I had started directly with an easy one to play I would not have been so slow to start playing my favorite tunes.
But since you have many years of diatonic playing, the hole changing is not your main issue at the moment.
I plan on adding more videos yes, on YouTube.com and then copy them here, thank you again for your comment, and if you want you can sign up to the site, then you'll be able to add your own videos to this site.
Cheers,
I came across your videos
I came across your videos while searching for harmonica tab for Toots Thielemans. I've been playing your version of Bluesette over and over trying to copy your notes and style. I've played diatonic harmonica for many years, but only just recently picked it up again after a layoff of several years. I love the sound of jazz and chromatic harmonica, and I'm VERY impressed by your playing. Have you considered putting your interpretation of these songs down in harmonica tab so aspiring chromatic harmonica players like me can benefit from your style? I just purchased a Hering 12 hole chromatic and am trying to learn how to play it. I hope you have lots more songs to record soon. I really enjoy your playing and hope I can learn from listening to your recordings.