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Blues Harp app review: calling all harmonica players

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Introduction

It's not every day you find an app designed for harmonica players,; in fact, if you are one you may often feel like it's not exactly a mainstream thing. The Blues Harp app can be used on your iPad to play-along with thanks to a variety of songs. You can use this app to learn how to play the blues harp on your own schedule and in the comfort of your own home. Before you know it you'll be sounding pretty professional yourself and be wowing all your friends and family.

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Blues Harp

Free

Jump In and Start Playing

Even if you've never picked up a harmonica in your life as long as you have an interest in it, this app can be very entertaining and educational. It's a fairly new release and offers 11 backing tracks by Steve Baker so that you can really make the most of the playing experience. There is a variety of musical styles here such as a soulful ballad, contemporary music, swing, rock, blues, and even an afro-funk track. In totally there are 22 play-alongs which includes 11 demo tracks you can make use of, 32 zoomable graphics, and six tracks you can practice with and really perfect your skills.

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Because this is a new release it doesn't yet have any updates or a customer rating. The app is free to download and then you can purchase the premium version for $6.99. Customer comments seem to be quite complimentary with users commenting on how useful and informative the information is.

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A Variety of Features

This app features 57 pages worth of information and doesn't need any sort of Internet connection to work except for if you are using Wikipedia links or social media functions. The demo track allows you to either just listen to it and really take it in or you can play along. There is an integrated tuner, auto-scrolling sheet music, and an optical and acoustical metronome (with three different sounds). Select your tempo anywhere between 20 and 240 bpm, you can turn off the count-in, and you can adjust where the practice track starts.

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Additional features include Wikipedia links so you can learn more information, direct access to the artist's social media pages, a bookmark tool, and a scroll-bar that makes browsing very easy and fast. I find the user interface to be quite smooth and well thought out, making the overall user experience that much better.

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Blues Harp

Free

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Use this app to play along with a number of tracks as you learn and practice
  • Features a large list of tools to help you play and sound your best
  • Take advantage of links to the artist’s social media pages and to Wikipedia

Cons

  • You’ll need to make an in-app purchase to access all the features

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Final Thoughts

The Blues Harp app can be used on your iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone to learn and perfect your harmonica playing skills in no time at all.

Blues Harp

Free
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