Harmonica – Page 3 – Getting To Know Trees

Learn to Play Auld Lang Syne for the New Year!

Here is a copy of my newest zine, How to Play Auld Lang Syne on Your Harmonica! Auld Lang Syne is one of my very favorite songs. I actually wish that it was socially acceptable to play it all year long. If you’d like to play it with me, I sure would love that. Print it double-sided so you can make this little booklet. And, here’s a video I made this morning during a snowstorm here in my new home, Marquette, MI. That’s the ore dock that I recently wrote about on my instagram. [vimeo 382136048 w=640 h=360] I love Auld Lang Syne for many reasons, including it’s about spending time with friends, raising a glass to our good health, looking back on the year gone by, and it’s Scottish origin always makes me think of my grandpa, who was born in Scotland. If you learn to play it, please let me know! And, drop me a note if you have any questions. Auld Lang Syne is a great song to share with friend and family. I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I do. Happy new year!

Along the Chocolay – A New Tune and a New Home

At the end of November, 2019, I left Chicago (my home for 24 years) and moved north to the Marquette, MI area. The pace of life in Chicago had gotten to be too much for me. I’m looking forward to finding some space to hibernate beside Lake Superior. I wrote this tune on one of my first days in the area. I’m staying with some friends at the beginning of this hibernation. They live on the Chocolay River; a tributary of Lake Superior (which you can hear in the background). I’m thankful some birds to join in on the second time through the tune. Is that a grey jay that lands on the tree? I have some work to do to learn their names. Here’ the tune in a standard notation .pdf if you’d like to learn it yourself. Thanks for listening!