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Latest Harmonica World Magazine is June/July 2009 - see below. The magazine was sent out at the begining of June to all members who had renewed their memberships. If you were expecting a copy and did not receive one, check that you have paid. If you find you have paid, send us the details so we can update your records. We have printed extra copies for members who had forgotten to renew or where there have been problems with payments. If in doubt, contact us - unless you became a member in the last few weeks, in which case your application will take time to process.
This issue has more sheet music and we have introduced some web pages to show the music and what it sounds like using the Sibelius Scorch, a free plug-in.
The Chromatic Weekend took place 6-7 June, 2009. at Alderbrook School, Solihull, Birmingham, UK. It was a fantastic success with people asking for another one next year as well as a top up at H2009 in Bristol in October. Congratulations to Gerry Ezard and Steve Dooley for all the work they put into it. Click here for details.
NEW - here is a video report on the event.
H2009 Festival takes place on 23-25 October, 2009, at the Folk House, Bristol. Details are still being worked out and will be confirmed as more informations becomes available. So far Brendan Power, Lee Sankey, Christelle Berthon, Will Pound, and Frank Semus will be there. Click here for details. PayPal. You can now join the NHL or pay for your membership renewals by PayPal or Credit Card. See the Members Page for details on joining/renewing NHL membership using cheques or electronic transfers. The Spring Festival was held at the The Stables, Milton Keynes, UK, on 16 May, 2009. It was a great success with lots of interesting workshops and an enjoyable and varied evening concert/jam with Giles Hedley. Something for everyone - diatonic and chromatic, beginner and advanced. Harmonica Jazz - a new page covering the history of jazz on harmonica has been added to the Help Section of the web site. Jia-Yi He, one of the top Chinese chromatic players (from New York and an NHLNet member since 2002), came to the UK for three appearances in London and Cambridge on 4, 6, and 8 March, 2009. Details of his concerts and talks can be found here It was another great one with fantastic perfomances from our guests and visitors. We have started putting some festival videos onto YouTube.
Some diatonic blues harmonica workshops/courses have been organised by Con O'Neill around London and the South East over the next few months. Richard Taylor is also running one in Brighton at the SAM every month. Aidan Sheehan is running courses in Gwent. More information on the jams/teaching page - NHL Concert videos on You Tube: view classic live footage of many performances by great artists at recent NHL Festivals. Full-length DVDs of the festival performances are available from Roger Trobridge. Email him for details. These DVDs feature mainly UK artists and styles you won't find on most of the harp albums out there... More details in the Harmonica World magazine.
- The 1969 Tommy Reilly Chromatic Harmonica Course has been re-edited and converted to a book and two CDs. To get more details click here. It is suitable for beginners and intermediate level players, and will be used at this years NHL Chromatic harmonica Weekend
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 "The NHL is Britain's national harmonica club, with members world wide, supporting and encouraging the playing of all types of music on the chromatic, diatonic, tremolo, octave and chord harmonicas. Paul Jones is our President.
It organises events, tuition, and contests for enthusiasts, beginners, teachers, and experienced harmonica players alike, and publishes a print magazine Harmonica World. Click to see the contents of recent issues.
To enquire about harmonica teachers near you, email nhl@harmonica.co.uk, stating location, experience and style of harmonica/music to be learned. |
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Latest issue of the NHL magazine, Harmonica World
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 | Main Contents - Click here for more information on this and past issues.
The June/July 2009 issue:
- Sam Haywood - Harmonica Champion 1919-27
- Christelle Berthon - Breathing Techniques
- Rob Paparozzi - Tabby and Charley Leighton
- PT Gazell - Half Valving a Diatonic
- Brendan Power - Diatonic Dreams
- Richard Taylor - Cupping the Harmonica - Part 1
- Steve Shaw - Down in South West of Ireland
- Tony Eyers - Harmonica Arpeggios
- Cheng Jang Ming - Playing a Counter Melody
- News and Reviews - Bends Diatonics and CDs
- Jia-Yi He, Recital Pieces for Chromatic (book)
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