I want to buy a harmonica, beginner!

How to choose a harmonica? 2007-05-08 Tuesday 09:10 am It is recommended that beginners take the polyphonic harmonica as the entry instrument, and novices can not know much about the purchase method of harmonica, and the merchants who sell harmonica sometimes do not know much about it.

Harmonica Paradise proposes a few tips when buying a harmonica for the reference of piano lovers.

There are four things to keep in mind when buying a polyphonic harmonica:

Vocal range 24 or 21 holes.

The quality should be the best.

Thickness should be thin.

Material: Plastic.

Vocal range There are a few important things you should know when buying polyphony, the first is the vocal range of the harmonica. If you want to learn harmonica skills well, Harmonica Heaven strongly recommends that you use a 24-hole or 21-hole harmonica as a beginner, and other 16-hole harmonicas, which may have some difficulties in learning.

Quality This is something that should be paid attention to in any purchase, but how do I know if the harmonica is good or bad? Generally, when buying a harmonica, in principle, you can't try to blow it, how can you buy a good piano? These are the most frequently asked questions by beginners in general.

Because we can't try to blow it, there are two important points in the selection of the piano:

The mouthpiece should be smooth and supple, not rough, so as not to scratch the corners of the mouth, when choosing the piano, you can use your fingers to rub back and forth on the mouthpiece, and choose a harmonica that is less likely to hurt the mouth.

Try not to choose the harmonica made in the mainland, the general evaluation, although the price of the harmonica in the mainland is more competitive, but the quality needs to be improved.

Taste In terms of the taste of the harmonica, some harmonicas are relatively thick, as if they contain a piece of corn, which is not a good harmonica, and the thickness of the harmonica should be moderate, not too thick, so as not to affect the blowing.

Left: Too thick Right: Thinner.

The black line is the reference baseline.

Material The material of the harmonica directly affects the timbre and maintenance of the harmonica, in addition to the reed, the biggest difference in the material is the piano grid, which is roughly divided into three types:

Advantages and disadvantages of the material ** Description.

Metallic, beautiful tone, easy to maintain.

**Expensive, uneven tonality, high advanced beginners.

Wooden, beautiful tone, not easy to maintain, advanced use.

Plastic is easy to maintain.

**Lower timbre slightly inferior Low for beginners.

Therefore, when choosing a harmonica, it is best for beginners to choose a 24-hole or 21-hole plastic frame, and also pay attention not to be too thick, and the frame will not scrape the mouth is the best choice.

Chinese Harmonica ** Net.

Recommended: 24 Kong Guoguang or Shanghai brand monophonic harmonica (the harmonica breaks faster, buy the general one when you first learn, and buy a semitone harmonica when you learn a little bit, so that you can play any tune).

The above is personal experience.

Where are you? See if I can teach you?

It is recommended to play the 24-hole C-tuned harmonica (the brand can buy Chimei), which is definitely suitable for beginners, so let's blow this first.

It depends on what tone you want, and you want to be pop and sentimental, and you want to be emotional, or 10 holes, and 10 holes are a perfect match for the guitar, and the 24 holes are easier to learn, and I like the 10-hole 10-hole harmonica, also known as the blues harmonica.

The choice of harmonica depends entirely on what kind of piece you want to play; If you want to play blues music or rock music, then you have to buy a 10-hole 20 reed blues harmonica suitable for blues playing, the domestic market is more common Huang brand, Tombo (Lee Oskar), Jinbei Victory (Jiangyin Harmonica Factory), Li Brand (Shanghai Harmonica Factory),; If you want to play jazz, you may want to buy the jazz harmonica of the American Huang Company. Of course, for the average hobbyist, this harmonica is difficult to buy in domestic stores. However, as far as I know, domestic harmonica lovers are playing general pop and folk music, so the harmonica on the market can fully meet the requirements.

As for the specific choice of harmonica, it depends on the music being played: if you play a cheerful music, you should buy a single-tone harmonica, such as Dunhuang brand, Hero brand, Bailing brand, Star brand, Friendship brand, Shanghai brand single-tone harmonica, the price is about 20 yuan; If you play a majestic march or as an accompaniment, the accented harmonica is a good choice, such as Dunhuang brand, Guoguang brand, etc., the price is about 20 yuan; If you want to play a piece of music with a euphemistic tune, you can choose an echo harmonica or a monophonic harmonica; If you play classical music or have chromatic tones in your music, it is best to buy a chromatic harmonica, such as Shanghai, Bailing, and Swan. One thing to say is that the layout of the Shanghai brand 24-hole chromatic harmonica hole is exactly the same as the general diatonic harmonica, but there are more positioners, which can raise each hole to a semitone, with a total of 48 tones, and each hole of the Swan brand 16-hole 64-hole reed chromatic harmonica has two tones to blow and suck, so that the whole harmonica has 64 tones, and the timbre and sound quality of the Swan brand chromatic harmonica are much better than those of the Shanghai brand 24-hole chromatic harmonica.

However, there is a lot of difference between the two harmonicas in price, the Shanghai brand is about 20 yuan, and the Swan brand is about 16 yuan.

In my opinion, there are still a few more harmonicas, such as I have four kinds of nine harmonicas: monophonic harmonica, accented harmonica, chromatic harmonica, and blues harmonica.

When buying a harmonica, the most important thing is to see whether the notes are accurate, whether the reeds are deformed, and whether there is a vibrato, mute sound; Since most shopping malls do not allow playing at the time of selection, this test is only carried out after the harmonica is purchased. When shopping in the mall, you can check the appearance of the harmonica: whether the shell plating is off, whether the plastic grille is cracked, whether the fixing screws are tripped, whether the positioner slides smoothly (chromatic harmonica), etc.

Tombo's blues harmonica is known as one of the world's top three harmonicas along with Germany's Hohner and Japan's Suzuki. It is recommended to buy a more cost-effective one, this piano has been tested and compared, and it feels that the bass reed is very airtight and has a good response. The 3-hole suction reed is adjusted relatively straight, making the three-hole pressure relatively easy and one-step in place, and it is more tense.

The grille at the mouthpiece is handled better, and there is no discomfort in the taste. The overall tone is relatively mild and neutral.

I have to tell you first that the original Empty Trail was played on a chromatic harmonica, but it can also be played on a ten-hole harmonica. As for what brand to buy, it depends on your budget, if the budget is not enough, you can consider buying a domestic Huang brand harmonica, it is best to buy a thickened seat board, which helps to improve air tightness, **on** about 60 yuan. If you want to buy an imported piano, you can consider Hohner in Germany and Suzuki in Japan, Hohner recommends Special20 (that is, SP20, **price of about 195 yuan) does not recommend Blues Harp (that is, BH, **similar to SP20), because Blues Harp is a wooden piano, which is easy to expand after playing (that is, rising grid), which may make beginners feel very uncomfortable, in addition, The airtightness of BH is not as good as that of SP20.

If you want to buy Suzuki, MR200 is recommended, the performance is comparable to SP20, but ** it is about 50 yuan cheaper, if the budget is sufficient, you can consider buying MR250, ** the price is about 160. Tomof's folk blues and aero reed are not recommended, the former is super cost-effective (230 yuan, except for easy pressure sound, there are no other advantages, basically can not be overblown) The performance of the latter is worse than the former. The above is my personal opinion, I hope it can help you.

First of all, for a 5-point question, I can't do such a huge amount of data like a certain brother upstairs, and I'm just talking about some experience. At the beginning of playing the polyphonic harmonica, that is, 24 holes, it is very simple, each note is very certain, you only need to find it, and then blow it out, of course, the polyphonic harmonica also has a certain technique to play, but the so-called easy to learn and difficult to master is that the polyphonic harmonica can not play semitones, so if a song that you are very similar to blowing has a semitone, you will be tragic, and you have to find a polyphonic harmonica in a different key. For example, some time ago, many friends wanted to play the harmonica because of a song, and a polyphonic harmonica couldn't play the song, because the song has a semitone, just a ......Many people think that polyphony is cheap, but out of the key of C, other keys are difficult to find, and it is very expensive.

There is no need to talk about the brand model, and everything to talk about is very expensive.

Then there's the blues harmonica. Very small, 10 holes. A friend upstairs who has a lot of information has a mistake, in fact, after the blues harmonica has the technique of pressing and superblowing, a C key can play an entire scale, so it will not be less than a chromatic harmonica.

However, the threshold for the entry of the blues harmonica is relatively high, and the pressure tone is the first threshold, but it is easy to do it. Overblowing is a technique that has only become popular in the past 20 years, and it is best to master it, but it is more difficult to master it. Blues harmonica playing is more emotional and flavorful, and it is easy to carry, making it a good choice.

It's easy to get started with a good piano, many people think that Hohner SP20 (about 190 yuan) is a recognized entry piano, I think Golden Melody is better, the timbre is bright, the pressure is easy to accurate, ** similar. If you think it's expensive, you can choose the yellow card like , but there is a certain gap in all aspects such as workmanship.

Finally, there is the chromatic scale, I haven't played it, I only know that there is a membrane, and the maintenance is more troublesome and the price burden is heavier. Think for yourself.

Look at what you like**, the easy-to-learn 24-hole polyphony, Suzuki's or Tongbao's are not bad, the price is more than 100 tones, much better than the general ten, and you won't be confused by the pitch of the harmonica itself. In addition, the blues blues blues 10-hole harmonica, this sound quality is more vicissitudes, most foreigners play blues, but it is more difficult to learn when it comes to pressing sound, so you have to practice diligently. There are many other chromatic scales and so on.

Buy a 24-hole C harmonica.

There are only 20 pieces of Sakura cards.

When you're done, I'll change to 10 holes of blues or something!

There are many kinds of harmonica, I suggest you buy a 24-hole polyphonic harmonica first, what brand, I recommend Suzuki's, the pitch is very good, you can go to my space to see... Beginners can learn the 24-hole polyphonic harmonica first, which is very easy and simple, you can learn the simple notation first,。。 I can teach you, but you'd better learn the staff, because later you can play the chromatic harmonica, play complex transpositions, and the cells are cultured correctly...

The harmonica is the best instrument to learn, it is very easy and simple, it is the most convenient to carry, and it is the most important thing to pay attention to the hygiene of the harmonica... Generally, the harmonica 2,30 can be learned to use, very good, you can go to my space to see the introduction of the harmonica...

First, first find out the high end and low end, blow it at both ends, the low range is on the left, the high range is on the right hand side, and the ninth square on the left is "1".

Second, first practice the midrange area, remember that 135 is to blow 2467 to suck, and then blow a blow scale from low to high, **note**: 6" and "7" are both sucked, so "6" is followed by the "1" of the treble (there is a dot on it), and it is easy for beginners to make mistakes in this place. When I bought the harmonica, it had a manual with a chart of the position of the scales.

You can make a slip of paper and write it on top of it against the corresponding grid of the harmonica 1234567 glue it to the harmonica. ）

If you are a beginner, it is recommended that you buy a 24-air polyphonic harmonica. In this way, your sense of success will be stronger, your frustration will be less, and it will stimulate your enthusiasm for learning the harmonica.

24 empty harmonica learned, in the 10 empty blues, will be a little faster to get started, this is a gradual process of searching. 24 empty polyphonic C tune is fine, 50 or so is fine, there is no need to buy such a good one. It is recommended that Suzuki or Swan are OK, ** both on it.

If you learn songs, the entry-level "Irish Thrush", "Friendship Lasts Forever", "Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle What Song Comes" can be, learn for a month and a half to learn the blues, I feel pretty good, if you buy blues, buy SP-20, it's an artifact for beginners. Very good.

If it's a chromatic harmonica or a chord harmonica, I don't know ......If it is a 24-hole accented harmonica, it is better to make it in China and Japan, because the 24-hole harmonica was invented by Asians.

If it's a 10-hole harmonica, if you are in a better financial situation, we recommend buying Hohner's Special 20 or Marine Band 1896. The reeds of these two harmonicas have a higher sensitivity, the sound quality is better, and they are not too expensive, especially the design of MB1896 is a design that has lasted for hundreds of years, although the wooden lattice will be a little uptick after a long time, but it will not smell like a plastic harmonica.

If you are not in good financial condition, it is recommended that you buy a "Suzuki" or domestic "yellow card" harmonica, compared with other brands, these two brands of entry-level harmonica are relatively cost-effective. Of course, it's cheap and not good, but it's enough to get started!

Note! Don't buy Hohner's Silver Star, it's actually a toy harmonica from Hohner!

In addition, as far as the tonality of the harmonica is concerned, it is best to buy the first harmonica in C key at the beginning, and then buy other keys as needed when you are proficient in blowing.

And very importantly, if you buy a low-end harmonica, you may be told to adjust the reeds to help the harmonica suppress, don't do that! In this way, even if you learn to press the tone, it is still at a low technical level, and you should not be able to press it accurately or accurately when you change to a high-level harmonica. There is no need to buy too good a harmonica for the first one, just one more reason than planting flowers and starting to water, people need to be tempered.

Also, others may say, "That's how you want to take the harmonica!" "Don't listen to their nonsense, the harmonica has been a free instrument since the day it was born, you can take the harmonica as you like, there are many harmonica masters who take the harmonica are just the opposite of most people.