Today is day 4....

Wow! Time passes so fast.

Im still learning http://www.harmonicacountry.com/Denver/TakeMeHomeCountryRoads.html

Im at the 4th sentence.Still practising the single tone thru lipping and tongue blocking.I prefer tongue blocking in the beginning but tougher.Then as I tried lipping,it gets easier as u practise.Ur mouth is like a tiny "O" so tiny that only the Yakult straw can be inserted.

I went to the field where construction was just beside.With all that piling sounds, on an open field, I sat and blow my harmonica away.It seems so peaceful.hmmm....

I was motivated but Im afraid cos Im easily get bored type of person and so I dare not put my hopes high.But Im getting to like this humble instrument.At first it felt like a joke but as I keep it in my fingers all day long,kinda like a company, sort of a bosom friend, Im beginning to understand it.

Im beginning to like it.I tried the wah-wah effects.It felt so shiok...so wonderful. And then I realised that this harmonica can mimick almost any songs.It is unique,it can be classical and modern at the same time without much changes or retrofitting.

Its like fated...I never give this instrument much thought..i felt like a kid again..having fun.

Today I heard "Sorry seems to be the hardest word" (http://www.harptabs.com/song.php?ID=3819) on the radio and there is this part, where I think either they use violin or harmonica but that part ,insya-Allah if I am good one day, I wanna do it.Cos this song hold something special for me,perhaps I can assimilate my feelings into it... one day insya-Allah like my idol... (previous post)

Im feeling better, but impatience is getting on my nerves cos im playing the same old song every day..and I have not reached the chorus yet....patience is a virtue-Im reminding myself...

Im also trying out row,row,row ur boat... http://www.harmonica4kids.com/songs.html

Still have not finish it yet.

Im also trying to remember the numbering without looking at the notes... so that I can memorise...so perhaps that takes time.

Also at first Ive wondered why there is no difference in cupping or not,the sound seems the same.But then I read somewhere that I need to listen carefully and put ur heart and soul and listen to everything ,every lil details,every change and I can hear it.Its true, I heard the difference, the echoing soort of magnifying the sound more as u cupped it...

try playing with and without cupping and feel the difference.Then also try recording ur own while u practise so that u can hear ur own playing...its much better to hear ur own recording then u can detect the mistakes easily.

Happy learning!!