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A saliva problem
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12/7/2010 | 10:20 AM |
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Hi Ami
One of the problems I have seems to be with to much saliva.
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I am trying to play with a dry mouth but I don't even get half way thru a line of the lessons and I have to stop to swallow and dry out my mouth, is controlling the amount of saliva.
I have something that I will learn over time or is this going to
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be an on going problem area.
I sit and watch your videos of you playing with out having to interrupt the music to clear your mouth of saliva, did you train yourself and develop that or did you start out being able to control it, will this happen for me if I persevere and don't give up trying, at least I hope that is what will happen. Thanks for all the help you are giving me Ami, I really appreciate it.
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too much saliva
Ami Luz - |
12/7/2010 | 10:26 AM |
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Hi Mike
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The problem of too much saliva is almost every beginner problem.
After playing and practicing this problem disappear as you learn to keep the saliva in your mouth.
I found a good and simple way to handle this problem and to keep the saliva in my mouth or at my student mouth at the beginning, just tilt or bend your head up a little so that the saliva will not drip off your mouth to the harmonica.
Don't give up trying,
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Keep playing harmonica, practice, practice, practice.
Good day
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Ami
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tongue blocking or puckering
Mike Lucas - mikerlucas6890@gmail.com |
7/7/2010 | 10:17 PM |
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Hello Ami!
I just have a question for you, when playing what do you use
tongue blocking or puckering and for what reasons do you use what you use. I
am playing using
puckering and have been trying to learn to tongue block but I am having a
difficult time with it. I have read that it is up to the individual what to
use but do you think one is better over the other and if so why?
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A. tongue blocking or puckering
ami - info@harmonicabreeze.com |
7/7/2010 | 10:20 PM |
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Hi mike
It's a very good question.
There are'nt one better then the other.
The puckering is good if you use your free tongue for some articulation like: tremolo, wa wa, some tong vibrato and playing thirds and anther 2 notes together.
The tong blocking is good for playing cords and melodies in combination and making zap cords like in blues stile.
I use The tong blocking.
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nobody plays the harmonica like this kid :Yvonnick Prene
Jean Jacques - |
15/6/2010 | 12:48 AM |
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Hey everybody,
He is really breaking new ground on the harmonica..check his website: yvonnickprene.com/
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Learn Bending on the site
Ami - |
5/4/2010 | 12:44 AM |
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Hi
All the lessons of playing Blues and the technique of bending notes do not exist in the site but it will be in the future.
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Ami L.
HarmonicaBreeze Site manager
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Important note! New registration
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27/3/2010 | 9:03 PM |
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Important note!
For all our students at HarmonicBreeze site:
From now on the subscribers on to the site can be to one of these three parts:
· Basics and Beginners – Harmonica Lessons
· Advanced and Expert – Harmonica Lessons
· All Harmonica Songs
"Old students" that already sine and paid can move from one section to another by sanding there request by mail and we shell fix it.
Happy Learning
Harmonica Breeze Management |
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6 songs add - 80 songs are in now.
ami - |
22/8/2009 | 5:49 PM |
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2 new video now at the site - Media - My Video
ami - |
21/8/2009 | 3:43 PM |
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Cleaning a chromatic harmonica slide
bob - |
6/7/2009 | 9:10 AM |
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A good movie showing how to clean the slide on chromatic harmonica
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A new video of installing the note player
ami luz - |
5/7/2009 | 9:32 PM |
A new video explaining how to install the note player -scorch. |
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Free songs to try
Ami - |
14/6/2009 | 11:41 AM |
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Hi all harmonica lovers
We add some songs - free to try - play and be happy.
There are some pitchers in the Picher gallery. |
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Trossingen World Harmonica Festival (WHF) 2009
Ami - |
10/6/2009 | 12:51 AM |
| The next World Harmonica Festival 2009 will take place, as usual, in the mythical town of Trossingen (Germany), from the 28th of October to the 1st of November. Organized by the F.I.H. (Federation Internationale de l’Harmonica), this event is sponsorized by Hohner S.A. and the city of Trossingen. Apart from the traditional evening concerts, workshops, open stages, etc., the WHF includes the Harmonica World Championships*(1). |
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20 harmonica
errysmint - |
8/6/2009 | 7:53 AM |
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heyy
i just bought hohner special 20 harmonica key in c
why i cant produce A and B
i mean we got 7 right? like C D E F G A B |
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diatonic harmonica
ami - |
8/6/2009 | 7:56 AM |
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In Diatonic harmonica - In the first octave you can produce A only by bending the B (3) - 1 tone down and the F by bending G (2)- 1 tone down.
then you will have 7 notes in the 2 first octaves (but not holes) |
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Open all site for you - full membership
ami - musicalb@walla.com |
15/5/2009 | 11:49 PM |
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Hi evrybady
We are happy to announce of opening the site for anybody
Sign and pay full membership
Keep the Breeze in your harmonica
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Healthy Harmonica
Leor - |
8/3/2009 | 12:20 PM |
people are saying how good for you the harmonica playing can be - physicaly and emutionally.
here are a few examples from this site
http://www.angelfire.com/music/HarpOn/index.html
feel free to add more of your own
Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
© 1999 Cable
News Network. All Rights Reserved.
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to you.
myCNN.com is built on technology.
Dot Horn, a member of Deborah Heart and Lung Hospital's Better Breathers
Club, breaks out laughing as she plays with her new harmonica as part of a
breathing exercise at the Browns Mills, New Jersey, hospital.
December 2, 1999
Web posted at: 10:07 a.m. EST (1507 GMT)
In this story:
Group offers emotional, educational support
The sweet sound of therapy
RELATED STORIES
BROWNS MILLS, New Jersey (AP) -- When members of the Better Breathers Club
blow on harmonicas, it is more than just music to their ears -- it is therapy
for their disease-weakened lungs.
The lung patients at Deborah Heart and Lung Center are learning how to use
the tiny wind instruments to perform breathing exercises while playing notes. It
is the first time that Deborah has tried musical therapy to help patients
strengthen their lungs.
"This is wonderful," Dot Horn, 75, said after her first lesson last week. "I
think music adds to anything. It's a nice way to live life."
About 22 patients -- all members of the Better Breathers Club -- gathered
recently for their bimonthly meeting at Deborah, located on a sprawling 55-acre
campus in the Pinelands near Fort Dix. They suffer from ailments ranging from
lung disease to emphysema and asthma.
Group offers emotional, educational support The group, formed 6 1/2 years ago
at Deborah, provides emotional and educational support to patients and their
families. There are hundreds of Better Breathers Clubs around the country.
"It's easy to get a conversation going because you basically have the same
problems," said Larry Sabatini, 65.
After an hour long closed-door meeting to discuss personal health issues with
lung disease specialists and each other, the group assembled in an auditorium
for their first harmonica lesson.
"This is going to be the Deborah Harmonic Band," joked Joe Koszyk, a nurse
counselor at Deborah. "We're going to be featured with the Mummers," referring
to the famous string bands from Philadelphia.
The sweet sound of therapy
A Hicksville, New York, businessman donated 36
harmonicas to the group, and Koszyk, who coincidentally already knew how to play
the instrument, gave instructions. Before they began, the group first practiced
breathing exercises to strengthen their diaphragms and help get more oxygen into
their lungs.
The harmonica is excellent therapy because the inhaling and exhaling required
to sound music are the same breathing exercises respiratory therapists teach
patients to use when they are short of breath, said Nell Kapeghian, a nurse who
oversees the Better Breathers Club.
"It's something you can take with you everywhere. It's great," Kapeghian
said.
The patients -- many carrying oxygen tanks or inhalers -- were eager to try
out their new equipment in their battle against diseases that often make
breathing difficult. Their goal is to increase lung capacity by strengthening
the lungs, diaphragm and respiratory muscles between the ribs.
"You look like you're eight years old and you got a new toy," said Linda
Ferguson, a pulmonary technician.
"It just kind of makes you feel like a kid
again."
Koszyk instructed the group on how to carefully breathe into the tiny holes
on the harmonica. They also practiced inhaling, or drawing air into the
harmonica, to make different sounds.
A few occasionally paused to cough up phlegm.
"If you're having a problem just relax; don't force it. Let go," Koszyk
cautioned. "In time, it'll be much easier."
The mood was upbeat in the auditorium. Some patients were almost giddy --
overcome with fits of laughter at their initially awkward attempts to make
melodious sounds.
"I loved it," said Angie Philbin, 63. "I felt a little high. I felt really
good."
After a few exercises learning the musical scale, the group was ready to move
on and try their hands at a song. Koszyk used an overhead projector to display
the notes for "Michael Row Your Boat Ashore" and the group was harmonizing in
minutes.
"Sounds good," praised Koszyk.
The patients took the harmonicas home with them with instructions to
practice. They want to come back for more lessons, although Deborah officials
had only planned a solo performance.
"I feel better. I really do," Helen Wills said. "I think maybe the breathing
in and out helped."
Sabatini said he plans to learn how to play the harmonica with his wife, Dot,
60, who accompanied him to the meeting at Deborah.
"We can do a duet," he said. "Then when I get good I can do a solo. I like
the sound of it."
Deborah, founded in 1922 as a tuberculosis sanitarium, today specializes in
diagnosing and treating heart, lung and vascular diseases in adults, and
acquired and congenital heart conditions in infants and children.
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Harmonica Maintenance
Leor - |
3/3/2009 | 10:45 PM |
How to Do
Basic Maintenance on Your Harmonica
When used frequently, even the best harmonica
will eventually deteriorate beyond repair. But you can prolong your harmonica's
life span by performing some routine maintenance.
Josh asked - so here is answer about keeping the harmonica in good
shape and nice and clean.
it's from this site
"How To Do Just About Everything"
which is rather cool
and i added just a bit and changed what i don't agree with.
you will learn 2 c there are many ways 2 do things...
Please feel free to add your insights
and questions?
General
Maintenance
Step1
Put your harmonica back in its case whenever you are finished playing.
This will protect it from getting bent, crushed or clogged up. and keep it
away from dust and humidity.
Step2
Rinse your mouth with water before playing. i even brush my teeth briefly
b4 palying.
Step3
Be aware that "bending" the notes - though desirable,
especially when playing blues - may literally bend the reeds out of shape. so
you better have a harmonica that is meant for the style you want to play, and
slowly build a feel for bending.
Step4
Refrain from soaking your harmonica to improve its sound. Wooden-comb
harmonicas swell and quickly deteriorate. Do not cut off a swollen mouthpiece.
Plastic combs are not enhanced at all by soaking.
Step5
Keep your instrument out of excessive heat and humidity.
Cleaning
Step1
Tap the harmonica vigorously against the palm of your hand before and
after playing. or after every song you play. and rub off the excess saliva.
Step2
Run tap water through the harmonica to dissolve saliva and food
deposits. i do this once in a blue moon and make sure it is nice and dry as
soon as possible- you do not want rust in your baby.
Step3
Shake out the excess water, then tap the harmonica against your hand.
Step4
Hold your head in an upright position when playing, which will keep
excess saliva from clogging up your instrument.
Step5
Play with a "dry" mouth. i think it's better to lick your
lips for an easy smooth movement on the tool.
Step6
Use a soft cotton cloth to wipe the harmonica. or your pants. It's
just as useful.
Additions:
do not play your harmonica after drinking something sweet. It will be like putting
glue in between the reeds.
Don't play the harp when you have food in between your teeth and your mouth. It
will make sure the reeds get stuck in there.
When cleaning your harmonica or taking something that got stuck in between
the reeds - make sure not to bend or deform the reeds. It will change there
sound. I know...
think if you want to share your harmonica with other people mouths. It's good
to have a cheap harp for sharing - and the nice ones - better take good care
of.
Don't be afraid to explore your harmonica. Just be gentle with it.
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tuning and changing the pitch
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8/3/2009 | 12:07 PM |
| Maintenance i found this in this website http://www.angelfire.com/tx/myquill/ it also explains how to change the pitch for fine tuning Maintenance Maintaining your own harps can give you longer lasting harps that play and sound better. Just as guitar players have to change their strings and constantly tune, or sax players have to work with their mouthpiece, harmonica players should be able to set up their instruments to sound good and play well. Maintenance of a harp most often centers around the reeds, as shown in this picture. The rivets attach the reeds to the reed plates, and the reeds vibrate through slots in the reed plates to generate the sound. The action of the reeds depends on the gap between the reed and its slot in the reed plate. 8pt;">Diatonic Harmonica Reeds Tuning Tuning reeds is done by either removing (normally) or adding (infrequently) metal from/to the reeds. Here's how it works - To raise the pitch of a reed, remove metal from near the reed tip (see above picture). This lightens the tip of the reed, allowing it to vibrate faster, which raises the pitch.
- To lower the pitch of a reed, remove metal from near the reed base (see above picture). This weakens the reed and makes its tip heavier relative to its base, which slows the vibration and lowers the pitch.
- Alternately, to lower the pitch of a reed add lead-free solder to the tip of the reed to increase the weight at the tip and cause the reed to vibrate more slowly. It is also possible to increase the weight near the base of the reed to raise the pitch.
You are removing metal from the flat surface of the reed, not at the edges, which would increase the air gap around the reed and cause air loss in the chamber. Various tools can be used for removing metal from the reeds, and different people have their own preferences. |
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Treat it nice and it will return the favor
Sel - |
7/3/2009 | 2:56 PM |
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it's sad but true
Harmonica's are bound to die :-(
but if you treat them nice and don't abuse them
THEY will live longer |
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free lessons - for now
ami - |
1/3/2009 | 1:29 AM |
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For now and for a limite time you can enter for All Lessons FREE - if you are regester user - and you are
good luck
ami |
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AWESOME!!!!!!!
Dan - |
7/3/2009 | 2:58 PM |
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thanks
that's great
i'm already using your system and i'm sounding pretty sweet
tnx |
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learen in the site
ami - harmonicabreeze@gmail.com |
4/1/2009 | 12:53 PM |
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From now all register users can enter and learn all the lessons for free.
Come and use this possibility now.
ami
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Looks like a GREAT site!
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27/1/2009 | 9:55 AM |
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Leor - when will we c a video of u playing something on this site???? ;-)
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4/3/2009 | 10:57 AM |
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i'm the little helper
Leor - |
23/3/2009 | 10:46 PM |
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Mindy my dear,
i finally did upload a short video of me introducing myself as Ami's little helper :-)
notice i'm waering my PJ
cheers
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coming soon
Leor - |
4/3/2009 | 11:52 PM |
I'll try 2 upload me playing a song in the near future
you really miss playing?
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is that your son?
Leor - |
3/3/2009 | 10:22 PM |
Hi Ami
is that your Son in the home page?
if so he is very cute and talented
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You Know It Is...
Ami - |
4/3/2009 | 11:57 PM |
finally he is practicing a little and showing nice progress in is playing.
you know how it is. it has to come from with in.
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starting a new site
ami - musicalb@walla.com |
23/11/2008 | 11:36 PM |
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We are starting a new harmonica site for the harmonica lovers.
You are invited to sign up and take part.
w e l c o m e |

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Can i Invite my Friends?
Josh - |
3/3/2009 | 10:20 PM |
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this site is so COOL!
i'm a brand new harmonica player. i'm trying to pick it up by hearing. and your
site really helps - step by step.
very user friendly.
thanks :-)
can you also add some information about cleaning the harp and how to keep good
care of the harmonica?
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The More The Merrier !
Ami - |
4/3/2009 | 11:49 PM |
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The more the merrier!
We are trying to create a community
for people who love the Harmonica
All are welcome
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