Boyd, run your mouse cursor across the face of the video, in the top left you should see a video speed selection show up. 50%, 75% and full speed. It's very helpful in slowing down what is presented. Cheers.

Cool. Let me know how you're digging it!

that's right! you'll see the chord on the page above the word and when you're singing that word you'll play that chord. stay on that chord until another one appears above a lyric.

and eventually you'll begin to hear when things change.

the chords are all played for a regular number of strums.....

if you're still having trouble send me a video of where you're at with this and we can go from there!

yr pal,

dan

greetings boyd! thank you for your question. i'm just back from a weekend performing and it's great to sit down and think about this for a minute.

for me, unless i know the song so well that i can hear the changes in my head, when i'm getting started on a song i usually have to look at the lyrics and chords to know when the chords change. so i'll be singing the words and looking at the page (or screen) and see the chords change above the words. sonic junction does a good job of laying this out. it's really the best way for me and then eventually, after i've played the song a number of times, i can feel where the chords change...

let me know if this helps!

thanks again for reaching out....

yr pal,

dan

The old harps you hear on the older recordings were mostly all tuned closer to "Just" intonation, which means the notes were tuned more to the chord, which has the 3 draw and 5 draw notes somehwat flat (especially 5)...but to me those notes are TOO flat to my ears. They are out of tune, but do make the chords sound smoother. I prefer compromised tuning like on the Crossover, where the notes are closer to true pitch, but not too much where the chords sound too harsh.

I don't think you can get reed plates for them, but it certainly makes it easier to clean and tune them if you want to take care of your harps.

No

I prefer the Crossover myself, and the Deluxe is pretty much out of production now anyway, but you can find them still at some places. Keep in mind the main difference between the two harps (Marine Band Deluxe & the Crossover)...the Deluxe is tuned like a stock Marine Band with more "Just" intonation" (meaning the tuning is more to the chord than the individual notes, which causes some notes to be a litte flat just like the older harps you hear on the classic recordings) and the Crossover is a "compromised" tuning where the notes are in pitch to each individual note, but not quite so much where it sounds harsh like "Equal" tuning (were every note is specifically in tune individually, but the chords will sound harsh when played). Plus, the combs are differenet and I do prefer the bamboo comb on the Crossover.

The Crossover is a deluxe version of the Marine Band. It's a great harp. It has a sealed bamboo wood comb which is more airtight and water resistant than the standard pearwood comb that comes with a regular Marine Band. Consequently Crossovers are a little louder with a slightly brighter tone.