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Welcome
You finally made it. Welcome to THE International Chromatic Harmonica Marching Band: the next big thing in music (which was the last big thing in 1858) and it fits into your pocket.
We’re not really doing any marching … yet … so don’t worry about standing up from your La-Z-Boy.
The main purpose of this website is to encourage you to make more music on the harmonica melodically with other people and as a soloist and sometimes using a backing track. You’ll become a more knowledgeable musician using real sheet music and theory. Learning some of this will be painful, but mostly it’s the good stuff and it’ll make you a happier and more competent human being.
On this website, you’ll learn to play using a diatonic and then spend most of our time using a chromatic harmonica.
I use real sheet music with tablature meant to teach you more than just a series of numbers to memorize. Harmonica can be a wonderful instrument for learning lots more about music generally and it’s a really lovely way to avoid singing if you’re not into that sort of thing.
Make good use of the menu to find what you need. The front page will be the place to find the most recent updates to the site.
This website is always being updated. I try to make it as friendly on your phone as possible, but it’s definitely better on a computer.
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