Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Acquired Blues Harp

I've been looking around for an affordable blues harp for a while now, because I want to learn how to blow that harmonica like a bosssss...

I like blues, and I enjoyed playing the old tremolo harmonicas that my late grandpa owned. After months of toying with the tremolo harmonica, I found out that it's not that suitable for playing blues because you can't bend the notes on a tremolo harmonica. Some people can do it, but it's not designed to do that. So I figured, might as well get me a 10-hole diatonic blues harp.

Just 'cause I want to play those blues riffs.

And so, I searched lots of places for this. Went to Woh Fatt twice but they aren't open for business for both times. Went to a few music stores but they either sell expensive Suzuki and Hohner harps, or they don't have stock. 

Final resort - Lelong.com.my

Found a vendor that sells RM15 SX Blues, and I heard that this China-brand harmonica is actually quite decent sounding and affordable for beginners like me.

"What are you waiting for? Buy it lah!"

And so, I bought it. And here it is! 





Damn fine.
Love it.

Learning process:
God, I didn't know I'll face difficulties in playing the 2 hole draw.
And bending notes, that's hard too. I know, it's too soon to learn bending when I'm just starting out. But I like to challenge myself.
Got a few successful tries, but still not stable yet.

I'll train to become an awesome note bender! (bonus points if you noticed the Avatar parody/reference)

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