Re: [Harp-L] Re: Harmonica Challenge

[Pierre <slavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well I'm impressed, what took you an hour would take me a year assuming I 
could play the notes and assuming a bunch of other things. In fact there is 
no way I will ever be able to do that. Still rough though (not surprising 
after an hour), hope you will keep working on it for a while and submit a 
final take. I was really surprised by your first take; I can barely read 
music so that in itself is really impressive.

Loved your show at the Montreal Jazz Festival.Will pick up one of your CDs 
next time I go to Archambaults.

Pierre.

Montreal.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Rosenblatt" <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 1:59 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Harmonica Challenge


> Hi All,
>
> At first I didn't really see the point of this harmonica challenge.
> Playing music shouldn't be a competition. In the end though it got me
> practicing a piece I had never played on harmonica before so there was a
> great benefit. The first recording is read and improvised off a lead sheet
> with no real practice. The second one was recorded about an hour and half
> later after actually practicing the piece. I played the following two
> selections on a C diatonic.
>
> http://www.shtreiml.com/Tunisia1.mp3
>
> http://www.shtreiml.com/Tunisia2.mp3
>
> One thing I have to say is that's it's really a challenge trying to play
> and improvise over a progression without a rhythm section backing you up.
> I'm sure you'll notice a couple of dropped beats here and there. But what
> are a few bars between friends.
>
> Jason Rosenblatt
> http://www.shtreiml.com
>
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