i've got a question for you what does the guitar and this harmonica have in common
this is the hohner pentaharp is specifically made for guitarists
and you might have guessed by the name but this harmonica uses the pentatonic scale
now learning any instrument requires practice of course it does a lot of practice and a lot
of patience so isn't it nice when something comes along that just makes life a little bit easier and
it makes a little bit more sense as guitar players we already know the pentatonic scale and even
better if we can apply that to another instrument as there are no wrong notes i've put together this
track just after a few days of playing it and forgive my amateur playing but you get the idea
on hohner's website for the pentaharp there's a fretboard for a guitar
which lays out the pentatonic scale and relates it back to the pentaharp so you can simply follow
along to that scale a scale you already know now of course i don't think the harmonica is aimed at
seasoned harp players i think it exists to allow guitar players to have fun using a harmonica
and not to invest too much time into learning the complexities of a regular harmonica
you can even create your own tab as well and print it or save it so you can practice licks
and it'll allow you to play along with your guitar in various keys the one i've got is in
a but almost every key is available so just check out hohner's website so how did i get on with it
well i followed along on the website using that virtual fretboard and i just wanted to demonstrate
how easy it was for me to pick up i went through a couple of lessons created my own tabs and played
along to those and granted there are breathing and hand techniques that take time to master
i can't answer the question on whether it's easier to play than a regular harmonica because i've
never really spent time with one but i do know that following along with the fretboard on the
hohner website allowed me to get to grips with this pentaharp pretty quickly and add harmonica
to a track that i was working on it just takes practice to understand how to blow and draw notes
and it was a lot of fun to do you also get free access to blues harmonica lessons included with
the pentaharp so you can sharpen your skills it really doesn't take long to learn how to blow and
draw single notes to get that cool sounding blues progression down just like any instrument though
it is going to take a bit of time to practice to get the grips with them and playing it but
isn't it nice that the basic understanding of this particular harmonica is already there what a cool
idea and i want to thank hohner for sending this over for me to check out and i'll leave all links
in the description below thanks for watching i think i've got some practicing to do cheers