Post by Dick KruithofHi Allen,
I live in the Netherlands, some 40 miles north of Amsterdam.
Sofar I have been looking on the internet and have come accross some
site that might be useful to me. And I did see some Adam Gussow stuff on
youtube but that was still a bit over my head, I should probarbly search
for and start at lesson 1 as you say.
I shall search for Jon Gindick material, thanks for the tip.
As I mentioned I did subscribe to Tony Eyers Harmonica Academy and am
now practicing to get single clean notes and trying to draw some decent
sounds out of the first three holes at which I only occasionaly succeed.
I find that at this point playing familiar chirldren's songs and such is
the best way to get going.
If there are any teachers in this aerea and if I am ready for that I
don't know yet; I feel I first have to learn and get a feeling for where
the notes are.
And I do not yet see myself performing at the end of year 1, I would be
quite content if I reach that level before I retire.
There are so called meetup groups in this country, one in Amsterdam, and
there is a harmonica forum in dutch on the internet, so I am now quite
confident that I wil find my way around in harmonicaland.
Allen, thanks for your reaction anfd advice.
best regards, Dick
Post by HarpmanPost by Dick KruithofHi to all,
This newsgroup doesn't appear overactive. I see only a few posters
and it seems to me you are all rather proficient players.
My name is Dick, a total newbie and I just decided (a couple of weeks
ago)to try and learn to play the harmonica.
I have in the meantime aquired the Hohner blues set of 7, the big
river, the Suzuki harpmaster and folkmaster plus the complete idiot's
guide and I subscribed to the Harmonica Academy website.
Have you any advice for me on good books, learning methods or gear to
look out for?
Dick
Hi Dick, You should gets tons of advise ,as when this group was
totally active 10 yrs. ago, you would have been flooded with ideas.
Not sure what you will get now. My best advise is that nothing can
beat a one on one learning experience with a teacher. I started in a
junior college class for Intro to blues harmonica that was a 3 hr.
class once a week for 3 weeks. I hired the teacher , for 18 months of
private lessons.. We became good friends and even shared a room at a
weekend Blues Harmonica Masterclass in San Jose, Ca. many years
ago.There are tons of sites on the internet to teach you. I also
recommend you contact Jon Gindick (he has lots of youtube videos) and
buy whatever he has for a beginner in blues and go from there. He
basically makes his living teaching blues harmonica and has his own
website.Also, on youtube are a huge amount of lessons by Adam Gussow,
one of the best living blues harp players today(goes by the name of
KudzRunner). He has maybe 60 plus lessons. Start with lesson 1 and go
from there. He also also his own site and sells some learning
material.Those are just two starting places and when you search the
internet for blues harmonica lessons you will be swamped with sites.
Good luck. Have fun. Don't quit . At the end of 1 year you will be
performing in public at open mics. Where do you live? Allen
site but you should get the Diatonic harmonica site. It is all
informational and instructional. Let me know if you get it. Allen