[Larry]

Thanks! Thats’s what I think, one octave above the lowest C, and three octaves from the highest C if you count the highest C, otherwise two octaves.

Larry

[Larry]

So, here is a newbie question. Where is piano middle C on the Hammond 44H? I thought it was three octaves up but I believe it is two octaves, the lowest note being a C, and then the next C being middle C. On a 37 key melodica, is middle C then the first C up from the low F?

I downloaded the Simply Piano program on my iPhone and tried out some of their lessons. The app detects pitch and so told me what was middle C. It’s useful to work on playing in time and breathing with an app like that but I don’t know if I’ll pay for it, as I am missing half of a piano keyboard! Somebody should build an app like that for the melodica.

[Larry]

Thanks for writing the books, Gianluca. I will give two-handed playing a shot. At the moment, I’m lost on the keyboard because of the size of the keys and not knowing how to move my hands and fingers in the pieces. I can make it through the Amelie Waltz but it needs a lot of work. Still, the melodica is a blast to play and is a nice change from the classical guitar!

[Larry]

Thanks for the reply, Olivier. So, does anything go in terms of fingering on the melodica?

Has anybody written a book of graded pieces with some performance tips? I guess I’m used to a more structured approach to learning an instrument.

I suppose I’ll just keep printing out piano parts and learn them that way. I’m skeptical about learning to play with two hands. Do you play with two hands?

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