My first guitar and harmonica song

I have had a harmonica for many years. I bought a Hohner Blues Harp (in C) and tried to play it. I could get basic tunes from it and even learned to bend some notes, but I was more into guitar and so it mostly sat in a drawer. I have taken it to pub sessions and sometimes used it, if only to make train noises.

I have recently been influenced by @anna-newkey who quite often plays harmonica on songs she sings at pub sessions and open mics. You should check out her videos. In the band we are both in we do a song where we play the kazoo and I bought a harmonica rack for that, but had not actually used it. I just got a cheap one and it is more like operating a bear trap as the springs are so strong. This week I finally tried it with the harmonica. It was tough getting it in there.

I could have learnt a Bob Dylan song, but decided to write my own and it is about this experience. Just a short little ditty. Perhaps this will lead to further experiments.

It was actually not too hard to adapt to playing the two instruments at once. I am used to singing with guitar, so playing the chords is almost on automatic for me. I really just need to work out what to play on the harmonica. I kept it simple this time. You can play melodies or chords. Getting the chords to match the guitar can be the tricky part, but as all the notes are in the scale of C you cannot go far wrong if the song is in the same key.

The cover image was generated by DALL-E. I am including it here in the post as 3speak cuts off parts. It does look like he is eating the 'harp'.

Here is another it generated. The prompt was 'Man playing guitar and harmonica', but the AI seems to have invented a new instrument.

Rock on!

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