I used to wonder the same thing! "hey the other instruments are all
playing when the singer is singing!" I think it's fine to play
background/chords at *low* volume to provide the same type of
backing that the other instruments do. I like using the opportunity
to work on chords, split octaves when doing this. Sometimes I try
to parallel what the person on the organ (hammond b3) is doing or
compliment it (not during their solo of course).
Bill
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From: MARVIN Fleischman <m0flei01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
When playing at certain types of jam sessions, why is it that
guitars, etc., are
welcome to play while someone is singing, but not the harmonica,
even if it is
being played softly? Regarding playing the harmonica during a
blues jam and an
Americana jam, I have been told to play less and make it count.
When it is an
unfamiliar song to me, I like to play very quietly to get the
melody in my head.
Marvin Fleischman
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