dave moffat

I'm told it's a really good effective tool with added benefits just clean it out regularly I use a cheap ultrasonic cleaner and a soak in Milton, thats why I go for the plastic bodies rather than the nicer wood ones. Learn how to strip it down. I'll warn you now, Harps are like basis the correct number is #+1

For Irish and Scottish 'Paddy' tuning in A D & G will handle almost everything. Church and English folk is mostly Richter tunning. Americana is a mix try it in one tuning and if that doesn't work try the other. For Greensleeves and Scarborough Fair you need a cross tuned. Draw bending is just practice and not worrying about making an F'ing racket while you learn, preferably miles from anyone or anything😱. Some Harps are easier to bend than others. There are some awesome harpists out there but nearly all Blues and Rock

I have over 30 including a couple of chromatics but always have a couple of diatonics to hand in key of G, Richter and Paddy Richter tunings not much I can't play on those, small and simple. After many harps my preference is the Seydel session steel although the Lee Oskar melody maker and Hohner special20 are good.

Wagon Wheel this morning.

This morning it's Ashokan Farewell, which is fair enough as I've been working on it quite a lot recently.

Those tunes that enter your head from nowhere and stick around in there until they become annoying I get one every morning while the first coffee gets to work on my brain. Today's is Belle of Belfast City.

FINALLY!! Hohner CX12 in Eb arrived yesterday (ordered September last year so 7 months, roll on Stranger on the Shore and Moon River in their original key😁. TBH I've already got hold of a Eb Chromonica from somewhere else, prefer the sound of the CX though.

OK bit of a step change from the usual on here. Hopefully the link will work. youtube.com/watch?v=MaCazf36D3k I've been listening to dozens of versions, trying to get it thoroughly into my head and to me this is the best version I've come across. I could listen to this on a loop all day, the acoustics of the venue and feeling the musicians play with raises the hairs on the back of my neck at some points.

Ashokan Farewell, was hunting around for various versions to learn the melody to play on harmonica and found a version with a decent bass line. I seem to be going through a phase for this kind of music at the moment.

Had the time to noodle on my Jabba special today, I just love it started off on major and minor pentatonic and blues scales then just let it flow. Happy time.

Am I still good as it was just a Pinegrove strap for my Jabba short scale? Pinegrove Leather stuff is seriously nice.

Never considered keyed, though tenor can be a bit of a stretch to begin with. I suppose it's a bit like fretting a bass and your hands stretch with time and practice.

I find I prefer the Aulos. I used to play a lot and was quite good I have both the descant and tenor though I don't play as much since I lost the tip of my left thumb which make playing the top notes a bit awkward.

Learned Mike Oldfield's arrangement of "In Dulce Jubilo" for Christmas but caught some kind of bug which caused shortness of breath so never got to record/post it, ah well I'll dust it off again next year.