Harmonica

[Bojack]

Anyone play harmonica or know anything about it. I became interested. About yesterday... 5-ish.

[Tobias]

Where I come from, you don't blow no harp, you don't get no pussy.

[Saz]

Lol.

[Blind Man]

I have one but I don't have the motivation to practice cuz I'm lazy. And I have a horribly small lung capacity.

[Bojack]

Originally posted by Garlic Jr
Where I come from, you don't blow no harp, you don't get no pussy.

Garlic is now my sig quote monkey.

[Bojack]

Originally posted by Blind Man
I have one but I don't have the motivation to practice cuz I'm lazy. And I have a horribly small lung capacity.

How much did it run you? And was it like, a tough decision to make... are there a lot of different kinds?

[Blind Man]

If you're talking regular blues harp, not chromatic, there's a harmonica for each key. I had a shitty C-key one from some cheapo "Learn Harmonica" thing my ex got me while she worked at Borders (the whole package was like $10), and the real one (F-key, I kind of wish I had gotten G instead) is a nice one and was like $20 I think. I don't know anything about chromatics.

[Bojack]

Originally posted by Blind Man
If you're talking regular blues harp, not chromatic, there's a harmonica for each key. I had a shitty C-key one from some cheapo "Learn Harmonica" thing my ex got me while she worked at Borders (the whole package was like $10), and the real one (F-key, I kind of wish I had gotten G instead) is a nice one and was like $20 I think. I don't know anything about chromatics.

There's no harmonica with all six (I assume we're excluding flats and sharps) keys?

[Blind Man]

They're all tuned to a certain key. If you look at a site like this it'll show you that even with bends you probably can't hit all the notes you'd like in just one harp, partly because bends in the middle are like impossible.

[Bojack]

So The Key of C will hit all the natural notes (A-F and their octaves), but just not the sharps and flats?

[Blind Man]

You can hit the flats/sharps at the high and low ends of the harp with bends. Like I said, bending notes in the middle is tough, if possible at all.

[Bojack]

Originally posted by Blind Man
You can hit the flats/sharps at the high and low ends of the harp with bends. Like I said, bending notes in the middle is tough, if possible at all.

So, just get a Key of C Harmonica?

EDIT: something like this? http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/L...ID=2270395

[Blind Man]

Yep. C is obviously the most basic key so it's probably the best to buy first to learn from. I wish mine wasn't shitty =(

[Raz]

I bought one some time ago then lost interest in it for a while till I recently started screwing around with it again. Key of C. Trying to get some good lessons to start me off with though.