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Chromatonic: 17 of 101+
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The obsessions of a harmonica man. This site is dedicated to the little I know about playing harmonica, about practice strategies, and learning. Chris Clarke and Dane Terry. I have a page on this site entitled 101 ways to sound better playing harmonica which was inspired by a Guitar Player Magazine article similarly titled. I'm working my way through many of the 101 ways and elaborating on the point. 17 You know all those contemporary players you enjoy listening to? Dig deep to learn who to listen to.
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Chromatonic: 8 of 101+
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The obsessions of a harmonica man. This site is dedicated to the little I know about playing harmonica, about practice strategies, and learning. Chris Clarke and Dane Terry. I have a page on this site entitled 101 ways to sound better playing harmonica. Which was inspired by a Guitar Player Magazine article similarly titled. I'm working my way through each of the ways and elaborating on the point. 8 Don't tighten up - keep your upper body, neck and face as relaxed as possible. It will open your tone.
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Chromatonic: 13 of 101+
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The obsessions of a harmonica man. This site is dedicated to the little I know about playing harmonica, about practice strategies, and learning. Chris Clarke and Dane Terry. Volumes, even when amplified. When confronted with a very loud room (loud audience), would play very softly, until the audience quieted down. So should you. Think this is a case of "if it's too loud, you're too old"? Music (or really, most roots. Here's another point: If you're in a bar band playing several sets a night, your volume ...
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Chromatonic: 21 of 101+
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The obsessions of a harmonica man. This site is dedicated to the little I know about playing harmonica, about practice strategies, and learning. Chris Clarke and Dane Terry. I have a page on this site entitled 101 ways to sound better playing harmonica. Which was inspired by a Guitar Player Magazine. Article similarly titled. I'm working my way through many of the 101 ways. And elaborating on the points. 21 You have two ears, one mouth for a reason. Listen. Fault for not listening. You need to listen:.
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Chromatonic: Lose the volume control
http://chromatonic.blogspot.com/2013/08/lose-volume-control.html
The obsessions of a harmonica man. This site is dedicated to the little I know about playing harmonica, about practice strategies, and learning. Chris Clarke and Dane Terry. Lose the volume control. I know (if we pretend for a moment there are actually people reading this blog) that many of you will disagree with this post. Fine, disagree. For those of you who are interested in sounding better through your amp, this post is for you. I'll warn you that this goes against common practice:. After you've mast...
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Chromatonic: Practice
http://chromatonic.blogspot.com/2012/05/practice.html
The obsessions of a harmonica man. This site is dedicated to the little I know about playing harmonica, about practice strategies, and learning. Chris Clarke and Dane Terry. As a musician, I spend a good portion of time "in the woodshed". My practice time lately has been changing. Since I'm learning chromatic harmonica as well as diatonic, my practice is often focused on one instrument, not both. On chromatic, I focus mostly on scales, learning "Heads", and reading (music). Make perfect; perfect. Take it...
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Chromatonic: That Guy
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The obsessions of a harmonica man. This site is dedicated to the little I know about playing harmonica, about practice strategies, and learning. Chris Clarke and Dane Terry. Some of you struggle with practice as much as I do. I worry that I don't practice enough, or that my practice isn't effective enough, focused well enough, or as intense as it ought to be. Maybe it's just human nature. I was reading an article recently about running on The Oatmeal. The guy that plays loudly in the back of the room dur...
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Chromatonic: Monk's Advice, 1958
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The obsessions of a harmonica man. This site is dedicated to the little I know about playing harmonica, about practice strategies, and learning. Chris Clarke and Dane Terry. Monk's Advice, 1958. Saw this on a friend's feed, had to transcribe it and re-post. All emphasis is the author's]. Just because you're not a drummer. Doesn't mean you don't have to keep time. Pat your foot and sing the melody in your head when you play. Stop playing all (that bullshit. Those weird notes, play the melody. It, you dig?
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Chromatonic: The Keep
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The obsessions of a harmonica man. This site is dedicated to the little I know about playing harmonica, about practice strategies, and learning. Chris Clarke and Dane Terry. I n Olde English, The Keep. Was a castle within the castle, a stronghold within the fortress. The word survives today with a modified meaning: to hold safe or to hold strongly. To hold for one's self, not surrendering. This post will relate a kernel of that meaning to playing Blues Harmonica, thus. Keep the Fire Burning. On the bands...
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Other William Barretts - William P. Barrett
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William P. Barrett. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. New To Las Vegas (blog). Links to Interesting Web Sites. You can observe a lot by just watching." - Yogi Berra. William P. Barrett. Think you know me? The combination of my surname and my given name is surprisingly common one reason I use the middle initial P. Hundreds of millions of Web pages contain the phrase William Barrett or Bill Barrett. You can review them all right here. The commander of the Alamo. The Dallas Morning News.
