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		HARMONICA AND GUITAR COMBO
			A common and novel way of playing harmonica is through self-accompaniment with a guitar. Whether this sounds good is often up to debate, but if done properly, will definitely provide entertainment to both the ears and the eyes. Obviously, to play both instruments, one would need a way to hold a harmonica while the hands chord and strum the guitar. This is done by the harmonica holder, which goes around the neck, allowing the harmonica to be always in front of your mouth. However, there are a few things to keep in mind of: Instead of moving the hamronica as proper, you will now move the head in order to play the proper notes. Thus, the movements will be more awkward, and often slower. Hand-related effects, such as hand vibrato, will be unavailable. Also, due to the lack of hands, there will be no additional resonance from the cupped hands. Furthermore, since one is actually multitasking, it's best to know how to play both instruments individually very well, in order to spend less time on thinking each notes and chords. Like playing the blues, the harmonica will usually be played on 2nd position (of course one can try other positions). Often, the guitar provide the chord, while the harmonica provide the melody notes. This is because guitar usually have a much lower octave range than the harmonica; furthermore, guitar can play any notes (and thus chords) it wants. Harmonica, being on higher ranges, penerate better than guitar's sound, making it better for melody. Still, this should not forbid one to inverse the role, as long as it sound pleasing It is possible to play chromatic harmonicas with a guitar. This can be done with the following: Valved Diatonic or XB-40 Tombo S-50. Problem is that this is difficult to find in North America. Take off the mouthpiece of a straight tuned chromatic harp. However, one may need to make sure the body's edge is smooth Use the handless chromatic; essentially a special mouthpiece that move up and down between the rows, controlled by the movement of the head.
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