http://www.acousticprophecy.com/how-can-i-sound-like-a-blues-player-when-playing-harmonica Bible prophecy and prophetic music Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:50:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.acousticprophecy.com/how-can-i-sound-like-a-blues-player-when-playing-harmonica/comment-page-1#comment-633 paulie2s Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:50:59 +0000 http://www.acousticprophecy.com/how-can-i-sound-like-a-blues-player-when-playing-harmonica#comment-633 Check out Youtube for lessons. Check out Youtube for lessons.

]]> http://www.acousticprophecy.com/how-can-i-sound-like-a-blues-player-when-playing-harmonica/comment-page-1#comment-632 pearlene Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:43:41 +0000 http://www.acousticprophecy.com/how-can-i-sound-like-a-blues-player-when-playing-harmonica#comment-632 Great techniques above. Now practice sounding like a train. No kidding. Get that down and you just about got it! Great techniques above. Now practice sounding like a train. No kidding. Get that down and you just about got it!

]]> http://www.acousticprophecy.com/how-can-i-sound-like-a-blues-player-when-playing-harmonica/comment-page-1#comment-631 blake Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:37:48 +0000 http://www.acousticprophecy.com/how-can-i-sound-like-a-blues-player-when-playing-harmonica#comment-631 To do blues bends, you have to learn to pull your tongue down and toward the back of your throat. You can cheat a little while you learn by tilting the harp down. Basically you are changing the stream of air to run over the reeds inside the harmonica differently. Realize that most harmonica bends are down bends which is a little different than guitar which is up bends. Usually do it on the draw on the holes toward the middle for the easiest and most dramatic effect. Also it is pretty easy to learn a trill. Just pucker your lips so that you are drawing air through only one hole. Then slide the harmonica quickly back and forth with another hole. This is really great if you learn to bend at the same time. To do blues bends, you have to learn to pull your tongue down and toward the back of your throat. You can cheat a little while you learn by tilting the harp down. Basically you are changing the stream of air to run over the reeds inside the harmonica differently. Realize that most harmonica bends are down bends which is a little different than guitar which is up bends. Usually do it on the draw on the holes toward the middle for the easiest and most dramatic effect.
Also it is pretty easy to learn a trill. Just pucker your lips so that you are drawing air through only one hole. Then slide the harmonica quickly back and forth with another hole. This is really great if you learn to bend at the same time.

]]> http://www.acousticprophecy.com/how-can-i-sound-like-a-blues-player-when-playing-harmonica/comment-page-1#comment-630 peter gunn Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:52:12 +0000 http://www.acousticprophecy.com/how-can-i-sound-like-a-blues-player-when-playing-harmonica#comment-630 it's a question of practicing,practicing and some more preacticing. if your talking about the distorted sound that's so typical for chicago style that's a case of having a good bullet microphone and a tube amp first of all you need to play cross harp that means mainly sucking the air into the harp then it's a case of mastering a few basic effects (slide, trill, bending,...) and a lot of practice it’s a question of practicing,practicing and some more preacticing.
if your talking about the distorted sound that’s so typical for chicago style that’s a case of having a good bullet microphone and a tube amp
first of all you need to play cross harp that means mainly sucking the air into the harp then it’s a case of mastering a few basic effects (slide, trill, bending,…) and a lot of practice

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