Re: [Harp-L] Amazing grace / harmopoint

[fjm <mktspot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks to Frank for supplying the http://www.harmopoint.com/?page_id=39 
link.  Many fascinating things here.  I must have listened to the 
Amazing Grace version here for 45 minutes.  The animation is 
fascinating.  It's dynamic tab.  There is an animation of a 10 hole 
harmonica and as the song plays round coloured balls appear in the holes 
of the note being played.  Yellow for blow notes and blue for draw. 
Bends are denoted by a smaller ball.  For me it is a very intuitive 
interface. In the case of Amazing Grace there are actually 2 animations 
because the song is played by 2 harmonicas.  You can turn either 
harmonica off and listen to just one version.  If you spend some time on 
the site you'll find many more of these animations.  What a Wonderful 
World for instance is tabbed out like this (JJ Milteau) .  With many of 
the animations you can turn off the harmonica and play along with the 
accompaniment.

It's really a brilliant site.  I have no idea who put it up there but 
it's just amazing. There is also a players gallery with snippets of 
songs and tabs plus youtube videos.  Bart Leczycki's version of Mystery 
Train is amazing.  The fluidity with which he plays at speed is to be 
admired.  For the most unique version of Midnight Special you'll ever 
hear check out Mox Gowland's page in the gallery.  Electric banjo and 
bass with Mox on vocals and harmonica.  Mox's tab is a blues in F on a C 
harmonica.

Gruß, fjm