Re: [Harp-L] christmas present

["steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <swebb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would advise against a D harp for a beginner. Just because they are harder for a beginner to learn to bend, in my opinion. I would agree with buying Harmonica for Dummies, but please do not get a Big River harp when, for just a few bucks more, you can get a real harmonica. 
Steve Webb in Minnesota, where the temperature at noon was still 4 below zero.

---- Garry Hodgson <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Daughter wants to buy boyfriend (plays guitar and piano) a harmonica ..
> > I?m thinking special 20 or golden melody, but which key ?  .. I lean
> > towards D major only because its easy to play and would work straight
> > in D or cross in A .. any thoughts .. (she has about $30.00 left ?
> > after buying him a bunch of other non-musical stuff ? what a waste!)
> 
> for $30, i'd get a copy of winslow's Harmonica for Dummies ($15 at amazon)
> and an inexpensive harmonica in whatever key the book uses (i think C).
> a hohner Big River is around $20, which is a little over budget, but
> might be worth the stretch.  there are less expensive others if the
> budget is fixed.
> 
> i think the combination of a harp (even one that might be looked
> down upon by those on this list) and some clue about what to do with
> it (hence the book recommendation) would make a really nice gift.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Optimism and pessimism don't exist for me.
> I'm a blues man.  I am a prisoner of hope.
> I'm going to die full of hope.
> - Cornel West
> 
> 
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