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Elk River Harp School

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(you'll need to use your browser's back button to get back here),
these are articles I have written and posted on ehow:

How to seal a Marine Band comb.

How to play bluegrass harmonica and fit in with
bluegrass musicians

How to play harmonica rhythm

How to play a harmonica solo

Harmonica Dept.: Videos, etc.

Everybody gets a free ride at Harp School! This
tuition-free harmonica program will help you learn
how to play, fix and customize harmonicas. Pick a
lesson, jump in where you can and hang on!

Check back often because I'm posting new articles
and videos all the time. Soon, Harp School will be
offering a customize your own harmonica kit.

Harp School also offers a comprehensive
German-Harmonica... ahem... Mundharmonika...
language course, called German by Mundharmonika.
It also offers history courses with its Seydel
harmonicas history and cool prewar section as well
as geography on its Elk River page. The history
department also offers a course on Cecil Payne, the
founder of the Payne family music tradition.

Also check out the Harp School bookstore at the
bottom of the page.

Full Scholarship for ALL!

Seydel Sound Check

Includes multimedia CD, audio CD and Seydel
Session harmonica.
Rooted in sound music theory, not playing gimmicks.
Quality harmonica, handmade in Germany.
Animation explains simply the most
difficult-to-understand subjects.
$39.99!

Minus harp, only $12.99

For ordering information, click here.

an excellent way to learn to play harmonica!

I was fortunate to edit the edit the English-language version of
the multi-media program and book for Seydel (so I got a good
look at it several months before it was released) and knew right
away that it would be a success. What I didn't know was that they
would put it with such an attractive package of materials, an
audio CD, instruction book and a Seydel Session harmonica. The
CD includes some jam tracks from the Marble Tones (see jam
tracks CD below for more info).

Many instructional materials that include a harmonica, usually
offer a poorly-made Chinese harmonica. The instrument included
here is of superior quality and handmade in Germany. It alone
retails for $28, so you are getting the CD, book and multimedia
program for only $11 extra!

The Multimedia program explains one of the most difficult
lessons, how to bend a note, with animation. You can actually see
what is happening inside your throat and mouth to make those
bends!

* Learn to practice with a real band on this well-designed CD.

* Reasonable cost.

* Designed to help you learn to play in multiple positions, or keys,
on the same harmonica.

*There are no guitar solos in this... it's all you.

*This is done by Ben Bouman's band (you fill in for Ben on harp),
not a bunch of kids in a garage someplace, it's very well done.

ONLY $14

For ordering information, click here.

Tip:

This is a great way to learn to play
the harmonica. It includes a C
Session, that's mid-range in the
harmonica keys and the one nearly
everyone starts with. Once you get
acquainted with it, you'll need a
band. See the backing track below
for a good way to learn to play with
others.

Seydel Open Backing Tracks Vol. 1

Rupert Oysler
Harmonica Repair DVD
SetI

n addition to being a good friend, this guy
taught me nearly everything I know about
repairing, customizing and selling harmonicas.
This video is amazing. Watch this video and
you'll be rummaging through junk drawers
looking for old harmonicas to fix. It's a powerful
video. Without Rupert's teaching and advice, Elk
River Harmonicas would not exist. Who knows
where this information could lead you.

If you are one of those guys who think
harmonica companies purposefully make
harmonicas that will fail over time, this is your
chance to stick it to the man!

DVD VOl. I and VOl. II.... $59.95

For ordering information, click here.

A typical finals
cramming session at
Elk River Harp School.