Re: Harp for Kids -- need help.

["G." <gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:11:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Jp Pagan <jpl_pagan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Harp for Kids -- need help.

hey all,

  i need some advice. i have a nephew-in-law who's
about 3. we're going to visit him and his family soon,
and his parents have expressed interest in having me
bring my harmonicas along. so... here's the question -
assuming the kid likes the harp, is he too young to
start learning to play it? i thought i could bring him
an SP20 with a turbolid and he could learn on that
withouth poking out an eye.
  and there's another question, what are some simple
tunes a kid that age might like? would "3 Blind Mice"
and "Oh Susannah" be appropriate? any others?

     --Jp
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Hi JP,
  I give harmonicas to kids of all ages.
  The neighbours who live upstairs have a 3 year old boy who I've given a
couple of Hot Metal harmonicas when they first arrived and he was 2.  Its
just for fun.
  Generally I think the intention is to give it to them to let them have fun
with.

  For US$10 you can buy Groovy Harps from Coast to Coast music. They're
TurboLids with transparent colour matched comb/reedplates - I think they're
the HAPPY BLUE, HAPPY RED, HAPPY YELLOW, HAPPY GREEN Hohner harmonica -
which are a bit cheaper without the turbo lids, and come with their own more
conventional transparent plastic combs.

G.