In the meantime, I did manage to buy an inexpensive ukulele and harmonica to keep in the car with me and practice. Pretty fun stuff! Another fun purchase I made this year (my Father's Day/Birthday self-gift) was an LP Black Cajon. It's great just to mess around with and create new drum patterns!
I'm an old guy, set in my ways, but this year I decided to jump onto the portable digital devices bandwagon. I bought an inexpensive tablet a little over a month ago, and so far, I like it. Within the last couple of weeks, I've found some apps for it that I really like.
- The first app I found (that I liked) is called Chord! Free. It is a free guitar chord library that includes guitar scales and tunings for different stringed instruments (all with audio).
- I also found 96 Free Blues Guitar Licks. This is a library of 96 guitar licks: 24 Classic Blues licks, 24 Chicago Blues licks, 24 Rockabilly Blues licks, and 24 Texas Blues licks. Each lick can be transposed into any key, and includes the tab and audio (at regular and slow speeds).
- The last app I have (so far) is for harmonica. It's called Harmonica Easy Tab. This is also a free app that contains a library of songs. The songs are listed alphabetically or by level of difficulty. Each song or riff includes tab and audio. The audio is only at one speed, but it is easy to follow along with the tab. The tab consists of numbers corresponding with the harmonica holes, and denotes draws by showing the hole number in a white circle. The tab also denotes chords and bends (all explained in a 'help' section).
May 2016 be great year for everyone out there! Stay safe and stay tuned!
