Re: [Harp-L] RE: RHYTHM HARP

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Although some of it is advanced, I had great luck with Madcat's Ruth's DVD.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Bruce K Ritter <Ritterbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> As a beginner still under 1 year, I have had the good fortune to sit in with
> some talented musicians during
> there practices twice a week. Some of them I ve known since high school
> (80 s). They go out of there way
> to be supportive and are constantly telling me to turn it up!! They just
> want me to play anything.
> When I do figure out something that I think fit s a song there working on, I
> must say it s a pretty dam good
> feeling, even if its only 15 seconds of glory.
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> The problem I m having is that they want me to play through the entire song
> and I just don t have the
> experience to know when or when not to play, better yet even what to play.
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> Is there such thing as playing rhythm harmonica, without walking all over
> everyone. Like picking a few
> guitar or bass cords and just humming them along softly.
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> Most of the Harp stuff I listen to is (Clasic Rock) short and to the point
> usually at the beginning and a small part
> in the mid then the end, not throughout the entire song.
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> Todd
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> I'm a beginner myself, Todd, but I have a rhythm harp dvd from homespun (?)
> by Norton Buffalo I've looked at a few times. That might be a good place to
> start.
> Bruce K Ritter
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