Should you buy a Snoopy Harp?
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- An unboxing and review of the Snoopy Harp by Trophy Music. A common question from subscribers is, "Is my harp a problem?" Let's take a moment to gander at the most common harp bought by beginners. Always be Harping! Links included in description. Harps in order of appearance. 1- Snoopy harp by Trophy Music from Amazon www.amazon.com... 2-keywords=snoopy+harp&qid=1563547842&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Pavel Potkin Standard Vargan from www.theharpery... 3- Glazyrin Scythian from www.theharpery... 4- Glazyrin Lighthouse from www.theharpery... Glazyrin Wave from www.theharpery... 5- Glazyrin Compass from www.theharpery... 6- Ghorka Large Steel Tailess from www.theharpery... 7- Vietnamese Dan Moi Bass from www.theharpery...
Last Harp played on outroduction is Large Steel Tailess by Ghorka from www.theharpery... Stay Harpy my friends.
Today I learned that there is a colossal difference between a bad harp and a far superior harp, and that those two harps have a minor cost difference. Thanks for the advice!
The Snoopy was my first, really couldn’t make much happen with it other than I wasted $5 LOL Later I got a Wave and Lighthouse, and a set of the Dan Moi. I think the Wave is my favorite. Still working thru the “How to Play” playlist but really grateful for that playlist has been a huge help for not just me but my hubby and even my daughter do some occasional harping as well.
Wishing a happy harping! 🐾☮️
Glad to know it's not just me! Thanks! (I still love the cute Snoopy box though😂) I'll be buying a better one and trying again!
It is nice that it's common and brings new people to the instrument. However you're right, it is a terrible representation of the instrument. It's not too much different than deciding to pick up guitar and going to the Walmart toy section and buying a toy guitar.
If you get frustrated with it, which is nearly a guarantee, you'll either stop playing it or buy a real one. Like Jamie says in the video, for not much more money you can get more sound and enjoyment with a better harp. Eliminating the unnecessary frustration of trying to play on the Snoopy.
Thanks for finding people new to the instrument Snoopy.... We'll take it from here.
I didn't know people were actually serious about it 😂
I've been using one of these for about 20 years now, only harp I've ever owned. Finally took the plunge and ordered the Berezenko Omega from you guys yesterday. I already figured I'm in for a world of difference, but this vid managed to up my excitement to a whole new level!
Edit: Been playing this gorgeous Berezenko harp daily since it arrived, and WOW. I think I did luck out all those years ago and got a particularly well-built Snoopy (perfectly straight reed, not-as-bad gaps), so I was able to actually practice techniques on it. It was truly shocking, however, to transition to such a powerfully responsive, saturated instrument and experience what I'd been missing.
I absolutely agree that it's a shame these puppies (heh) are many people's intro to harps. If I'd known the difference, I'd have been WAY more into harping from the start. Getting a bad one probably turned off a fair number of potentially awesome players.
I got one for Christmas years ago, found it when i was cleaning today, and looked up one of your other videos for a tutorial, so glad I watched this other video. I think I’ll get a Glazyrin wave.
Never consider a Snoopy harp. For nearly the same price, a quality harp can be had. It just cost a bit more to go first class. The Snoopy harp is like riding on the roof of coach!😊
I know but they're not easily to find.
@@kicksmartjumpstick9889 go to: bebbcorpharpery.com
He has a very good selection. I might recommend a morchang or Potkin vargan. Both easy to play and inexpensive. Good luck!
@@kicksmartjumpstick9889 just Google: Bebb Corp Harpery
Check out theharpery.com
Wow, this is eye-opening, and explains everything I’ve been experiencing. I ordered Potkin in the interim and am gonna get a Chancellor once they’re in stock. Thanks for the vids!
This was my first harp I bought back in December at my local guitar center. I must have sliced my lips open at least 20 times on that harp.
I just got one, and I too have sliced my lips... Then I saw this review and now I know that it was a horrible mistake.
I wanted to check out jaw harps, but didn't want to spend a lot until I figured out if I would enjoy playing one. So I bought a set of 3 Dan Moi from Vietnam for under $20, a standard, mini, and the bass seen in this video. They sound good and easy to play, and at that price it was worthwhile. Now thinking about a Khomus, Morchang, or Glazyrin to start learning.
I'm glad I watched this, also sad this was my first purchase. But definitely going to get a better one!
I really got into this watching Olena UUTAi. Its amzing what shes does.
I still have my snoopy harp. It did take some modification on my part with the harp and some practice to make it work. Once I broke it in after about several hours of play, it was somewhat better.
Just found your channel. Its fab! I love my lighthouse and I didn't realise when I first picked on up how bad the snoopy were. Now I look at it and cringe... I like your videos.
I was looking a lot into jaw harps and never considered the Snoopy. We had a secret Santa at my work, and my coworker ( who knew I was looking into harps) had asked me if I got one yet. I took that inquiry as a big hint that he was my secret Santa and was planning on getting one for me. Lo and behold, he got me the Snoopy. Mine is not as bad as yours. The reed is forward a lot, and it has a big gap between the reed and frame, but it’s pretty centered. When I play it, I actually squeeze the frame closer to the reed. That makes it much louder.
Yea, picked one up in Montréal 3 years ago... 4.99. I tried several times to produce some proper sounds, na... only headage. Just happy I didn't break a tooth. Thx for the video!
This is a very common experience with toy harps especially snoopy ones and I wish they were not so common. Luckily it is not the case with real jaw harps that only cost a few dollars more.
Brilliant, absolutely great advice, just got my first ebay £8 .one, made a sound but hard work, so brilliant for the advice, 👍👍
A real jaw harp will make sound so easy it will be like an extension of you.
i have an original that was passed down to me from family members and even tho it’s not the best to play, it’s still treasure to me
If it is a really old one it is a good harp. The original snoopy harps from long ago were good.
I've recently been playing my Snoopy harp i got at a Re-enactment like 10 years ago and have been able to get some very basic grooves going. I had to do some serious bending in order for it to actually give me some halfway okay-ish tones. Finally got a Pavel Potkin yesterday and my mind is absolutely BLOWN at the overall quality, how much easier, louder, responsive and groovable this bad boy is. In my opinion, a beginner instrument should be easier to play and get started with than the snoopy is. Pavel Potkin all the way. Can't wait to get a few more Harps with different Tonalities. Thanks for the content!
Thanks for the video I have seen the Snoopy harp in every music store I’ve been and always wondered if it was worth getting
So good video! Thank you so much! I've discovered your channel a few hours ago, and all your content seems so incredible to me! I actually have this jaw harp, wich is one of the two or three jaw harps you can find here, in Argentina. It's a very horrible instrument when you can compare it with another one. The good point, is that I think with the years, it became more flexible, but it also started to rust, so it hurt my lips.
Nothing fancy! Haha! You didn't even use your Super Duper sharp knife technique to open this package!
It's just a snoopy, use the scissors haha
Ordered one of these guys as a late night impulse buy (same harp without the snoopy branding) and was frustrated, since I play about a dozen instruments and this is the first one I couldn't get to make sound out of. After watching this I jumped on the Harpery and ordered a proper Glazyrin. Cant wait to get it in the mail.
I am excited for you and your journey on the jaw harp.
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 Many were out of stock, but I found one I think I will be happy with.
I have one that has a mountain man on the box not snoopy and I’m having such a hard time marking sound and yes my teeth hurt and I get headaches but I love playing it. I also love how the feller in this video just demonstrating wants to buggy down hahahaha I practice everyday for about an hour and get that same boogey down feeling
Thank you for your comments. It sounds like you might have a hillbilly or bluegrass jaw harp. These will make little to no sound and can break your teeth. But don’t despair. A good jaw harp doesn’t cost much money is much more comfortable and safe, and also makes a bunch of sound. Be sure to request a refund from the seller, then head over to the beginner page at theharpery.com. Harp on. 🙂
thx, i have bought a snoopy jaw harp and cannot play a sound, i was thinking it was me but i bought another one (other brand) and work really great
Be sure to ask for a full refund on the snoopy. The seller has to refund it as they knowingly sold you a product that is defective.
Thanks for this, i almost gave up. Definitely gonna invest on a higher end harp. You think you could link me to a quality harp for beginners?
www.theharpery.com/ghorka/ghorka-large-steel-tailess www.theharpery.com/glazyrin/wave www.theharpery.com/glazyrin/compass
I got one yesterday. I knew it wouldn’t be good, but I wanted to start learning the basic techniques and such. I had a lot of trouble with it.
I have to have a death grip on it to try to quell the vibration against my teeth. The problem with the death grip is that I close the gap on the reed and then it shocks my teeth again because the gap is small enough to close on one side and doesn’t have much give to it. Luckily, I take good care of my teeth and they were resilient to the shock.
The reed is very stiff. I tried to bend it as far as I could just to exercise the reed a bit, and that seemed to help, but it’s still not good. I still have to fling the reed really hard to get good sound. That means that when my teeth get shocked, it REALLY hurts. I have to put my retainers in before I play just to get some armor on my teeth.
I am learning the basics, but I probably won’t keep it for long.
Do not play a snoopy or any of its variants. They are dangerous and will produce little to no sound. Not really a jaw harp, but a harp like object. Request a refund from the seller and head over to theharpery.com
I would definitely play Snoopy’s harp for polka dances first meditation and more
Thank you!
Beginner instruments in general are often good at discouraging beginners.
@JakesOnline. Only the snoopy isn’t a beginner instrument. It is an object that looks like a jaw harp advertised to people as a jaw harp. Jaw harp like objects 😂
Snoopy harps are an example of bad quality. It's hard to imagine how a company could manufacture such rubbish without doing it on purpose. I tuned up the gaps in mine and then fixed the tongue with solder. Then I softened it and extended the duration by thinning the reed in the open section on both sides.
💗 just got super disappointed by my new Snoopy after waiting so long to get one. Definitely going to give a few you reccomend a try, thank you for this super review. Any suggestions to protect our teeth? Thank you!
My first recommendation of tooth safety is a good harp with good technique. A harp held well and plucked inward is a relatively safe harp
Agree 100%.
You cannot comprehend how much I need this. I I've never used one but I can guarantee I'll be a beast at it as I am very orally fixated
Just stay away from the snoopy and it’s common variants and you’ll go far. Check these out. www.theharpery.com/recommended-first-harps-for-beginners
I will use this jaw harp can make people take first meditations Or do the dances or anything else I’ll just practice
I have a snoopy harp and it's not making a lot of noise.
What would be a better option for me?
Ghorka Tailess, Glazyrin wave, lighthouse, or compass.
Mine was called a blue grass jaw harp but it's pretty much the same thing as a snoopy harp. I waited a few months for it. A little disappointed
you know what you should try to do, this would be a great video idea. that the snoopy harp and try to fix it and make it better. the first fix i can think of would be to put it in a vice and close that gap up some making it a tighter gap. and of course also before you do that youd probably have to center the reed. that might make it better but im sure you could think of some other fixes it would need
Speak of the devil . Parts one and two and three and four. ruclips.net/video/r8MvpBgQ9kw/видео.html ruclips.net/video/2Cqf0mhbEYQ/видео.html ruclips.net/video/5s78b_QOWYE/видео.html ruclips.net/video/p5H0UEiviu4/видео.html
Hahaha, your like " way ahead of ya buddy lol. Thanks ima give them a watch
That snoopy harp looks like something you can get from Burlington in the toy section for 3 dollars
I’m new to this instrument. Like started a few hours ago new. I have this harp. It’s ok, but maybe I feel that way cause I’m only 11.
Play it for a bit, if you like it, move on to a Paval Potkin or Glazyrin Scythian. The difference will be huge.
What was that first loud one you played after the snoopy?
Lighthouse from Russia. As a substitute I would insert this which is much better. www.theharpery.com/morchang/mohan-bass-morchang
Looks uncomfortably similar to the Tobar jaw harp, with the exception that you can actually get a noise out of it!
All my local music shops only sell the snoopy
Check out this link. www.theharpery.com/recommended-first-harps-for-beginners
I got this Harpy STRICTLY because of "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"... I don't use it, cause I don't do make music. I make cartoons.
I cannot play a Jaw harp with my sick throat it takes quite a lot of practice I don’t want to get The bad vibration into my head because it will make me fall asleep on the floor but I’m still sick
Go for it
This is what I ended up buying and it’s absolute junk 😂😂😂, after seeing your videos I’ve now ordered a orberton pro Zyryan , hanging for it to arrive from Russia 🤘
Hey so I bought a brass harp off of amazon and it cost 25 bucks and came with a wooden case so idk
Probably a Potkin. Should be a decent starter harp.
what if you modified the snoopy with a quick squeeze in the vice and close the gaps?
ruclips.net/video/r8MvpBgQ9kw/видео.html. ruclips.net/video/2Cqf0mhbEYQ/видео.html
where can i buy one of yours
God dern you could drive a semi truck through those gaps
I only got the snoopys harp cuz i knew it was quiet so i could just play to myself, but it does hurt like hell
Ouch quiet with bad sound. There are plenty of quiet harps with awesome sound that don’t hurt. Check out, www.theharpery.com/rhekka-morchang
Thanks but its ok, tooth dislocation is my fetish 😎
Would you say the Glazyrin Lighthouse is the loudest, with the most range ? I wanna record it on my condenser mic.
Lighthouse is fairly loud. Volume shouldn’t be a problem with it.
Mine rusted lol
ima try another...Snoopy was not a good experience.
Check out the harps at theharpery.com
You can see Snoopy playing a Jews harp in some videos on RUclips.
Can the mouth harp be played by a person who does not have teeth?
Yes. Check out this. ruclips.net/video/7V7muavzLAc/видео.htmlsi=-YzGYRbPcXQD5UAZ
typical glazryin now is like 50 dollars :(
well.... i already got it and i really wanna know how to use it better but i cant seem to succeed in doing so and i dont want to buy another one please help
The best option for a snoopy is to play brain a refund from the seller. They are defective 100% of the time.
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 i asked for returnless refund hope you can walk me thorugh it once i get the refund cause i have no idea which one to get and i wanna get to play this instrument
Give this article from our webstite a read.
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 i got a refund from amazon and went on a researching spree and in the end i got a dan moi(twin reed) for almost free(since i got the refund in amazon credits) it had the most positive reviews and ive seen your videos about it and it seems to fit my desire
Where are some good places to get a decent "jaw harp" I'm new and I an afford a relatively expensive one(I live in on, canada
theharpery.com. There is also a section on beginner harps explaining different attributes
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 thanks bro, sorry I didn't see it earlier youtube is trash with thus thing
whats ur thoughts on the harps by P.Potkin on Amazon Bebbcorp? :)
Good first harp, low cost.
Yea huge mistake. I figured even a bad one would at least work but all it does is vibrate my teeth and I can't even get it to make noise. Guess that's what I get for buying the first one I saw.
You should request a refund from the seller.
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 I definitely plan to!
That is one crappy harp
it rusts ive had mine for 12 years
Im playing a Schwarz Jews harp
Do you have a Tuvan Khomus ???
I do not
Those snoopy harps need to be adjusted out of the box I thought it was a good introduction to the instrument
Even under adjustment they are still not a hood workable harp.
TLDR: absolutely not never in a million years
The only reason I could suggest, would be to buy a snoopy harp and post a review.
The snoops harp is a old kids toy isn’t it?
Can a kid use a jaw harp?
Depends on the kid and the harp. How old is the child?
I take it there are no left handed harps? hahah
They work either hand.
i couldn't make any sound with this lol, maybe im just playing it wrong
Is it a snoopy harp?
yes, i didn't know they were bad until now
No worries. Just be sure to request a full refund from the seller. If enough people do this the snoopy harp may go away.
I chipped my tooth trying to play one of those harps. 😠
I don't get any sound at all it's not snoopy it's "hillbilly jaw harp" lol it was like 4 bucks
A snoopy sold under a different name. Check out these www.theharpery.com/recommended-first-harps-for-beginners
Who the hell opens bags like that
He totally does. Seen him do it.
Do you sell harps?
Yes, at theharpery.com
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 do you make these harps?
No, but many of the finest makers do.
Oh cool I'll pick one up. I was hoping to get one you hand made. You should consider selling what you make. I would be interested. Just a thought. Thanks for the videos they have really helped my playing.
What bugs me the most is why people produce complete and utter crap and that applies to any product
Made by a large toy corporation. The world is full of awesome harps, just not this one. 🙂
(EDIT)I totally hate it I can see you POV
I would give it a 1 out of 10. Extremely uncomfortable. Capable of breaking teeth, and cannot make jaw harp sounds or music.
I wouldn’t recommend a snoopy harp at all cause they are so poorly designed
PLZ HELP ME
In what way do you need help, my friend?
yay good thing i didnt buy this
You mean from the peanuts...