I play but am just a hack compared to almost anyone else even though I've been at it for years. I almost exclusively play along with my own guitar work and can count on one hand the number of times I've played just harp with someone else. I usually just hire a harp wizard to join me when I've needed one for a show. I guess I've never worked on it enough, not to say that I won't, when I get that spare moment, that I'm certain will come my way one of these days, when I get everything else I'm suppose to be workin' on done and out of the way. Hey maybe this thread could be the answer. Any of you guys with harps tattooed to your whatevers got secrets to impart about how to improve ones playing? One friend who was chosen as one of the world champs of the ten hole said to practice playing melodies on the darned ol' thang. That's something I don't often do, I usually play a rhythmic kind of riff to go along with the stuff I play with. I have a rack that I use with my guitar work and when I play along with someone else I'm almost always playing washboard percussion at the same time. It has a rack that I've mounted on it along with all the other stuff that I've managed to house there. Now where did put that bird call I was gonna mount right in between that harmonica rack.... Reggie