Harping the Blues!

How to Choose the Best Harmonica for Beginners?

The Harmonica is said to be an amazing musical instrument. It is an instrument that can be used to produce different forms of music such as the blues, jazz, country, rock and many more. It is known to be a small instrument that can be carried anywhere and is available at a very low cost as compared to the other musical instruments. There are many people who wish to purchase a harmonica and would want to learn how to use it. But, one thing that troubles their mind is “which is the best Harmonica that they can purchase?”

If you visit a Blues Harmonica Shop, you will find a variety of Harmonicas that you can select from. This will either attract you to a piece that looks attractive and you are tempted to buy or even create confusion in your mind that will not allow you to decide up on what you want to buy. The type of the harmonica does not matter much, unless you buy one that is manufactured by a reputed company. Harmonicas are cheap enough and thus it won’t cost you much to pay for one that belongs to a better brand than the ones that are made of cheap material and may cost just a few dollars.

If you are a beginner and are looking out for a harmonica that is best for beginners, you can buy a diatonic harmonica. This is kind of a harmonica does not require a lot of settings and thus can be used with a lot of ease. A Diatonic harmonica that is in the key of “C” major should be the most preferred harmonica for beginners. This is because most of the harmonica instruction books that are meant for beginners are written in the key of “C”. This Harmonica is quite inexpensive and will help you master the skills and improve your playing techniques, breathe control and manage sound variations without making use of buttons for sharps and flats.

There are also a lot of chromatic instruments that are available and can be used once you are familiar with the Diatonic Harmonica. In fact, learning the diatonic Harmonica is considered to be more than enough as it is this type that is mostly used in all forms of music. Thus, you could simply prefer buying a diatonic harmonica over a Chromatic one simply because it costs less and you could use it in various different forms as well.