Thursday 31 March 2011

Year over

So that's it... 1 year of harmonica practice. I think I have done fairly well over the year and although I haven't put in as much time as I wanted to, I have still improved.

1) Improve pitch of flattened third. TICK :)

2) Play faster. er sort of but still want to speed up more.

3) Tongue block octaves. Yep got it, sounds good TICK :)

4) Play 3rd position. Great for minor blues work. TICK :)

5) Get a warmer sound. Still miles off with this. Can't do the breathing. Yet.

6) More licks into playing. I have a few more in place but want to work more on this.

7) 4/5 trills. Sounding pretty good! TICK :)

So that's 4 from 7. Pretty good. And when I consider how my playing in the band has come on over the last year, I am feeling happy with my efforts.

I think I'll set some more targets for the coming year...