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This topic has 2 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 5 months ago by Angela Biggs.

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November 12, 2014 at 5:38 pm #183511

alan-cross
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I have been looking around online for ways to play the blues on the lever harp but everything I find is for harmonica. I have found some information about ‘tuning’ the lever harp to the blues tuning or by manually flipping levers while playing with only one hand.

Can anyone explain to me what ‘blues strings’ are? I really would love to play blues on my lever harp since I can’t afford a pedal harp. Any information and help would be awesome!

Thanks

November 13, 2014 at 8:43 am #183522

kay-lister
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Contact Deborah Henson-Conant at Hipharp.com. She’s the blues harp expert.

Kay

November 13, 2014 at 9:25 am #183527

Angela Biggs
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Alan, I’d recommend taking Deborah Henson-Conant’s “Blues: Harp Style” course. I signed up for the first session in Summer 2013 and it was amazing. It’s also intense: there’s actually a huge amount of information that goes into playing blues on the harp. Be prepared to spend a lot of time practicing. Think in terms of an online college course. 🙂

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