Harmonica 2

Well, lesson number 2 went fairly well.  I was perversely happy to hear that the rest of the class sounded just like me, what with the honking and air leaking and general newbie noise being produced.  The instructor played us (dvd) a harmonica/guitar version of Body and Soul.  My god!  If I didn't know better because I'd been told, I would have thought it was a soprano saxophone.  The trills and runs and just general solo technique was incredible.  I never would have thought of the harmonica as anything other than a blues/rock type instrument.  Totally mindblowing.

Anyway, our lesson, and a far cry from that rendition of Body and Soul, is O Susanna and America.  The first offers longer notes and the idea of "repeats" when reading music.  The second has some rather quick phrasing and a "skip" from E to G, which is giving us fits as a class.

Still fun and absolutely challenging.