Re: [Harp-L] bluegrass at SPAH



Hi Cara

I don't recall if you have commented on this already so I'll ask now. How
many harp players do you think they will tolerate?

Cheers!


> My best information is coming from a local: Thomas McCraig.  It sounds
> like
> they are pretty generous people, as long as we are as generous and
> polite/respectful, etc.  He would be the best one to answer your question.
>
> You have a good start on some good common tunes.  David's CD has some good
> ones that are not on your list that are also pretty common.  As long as
> you
> have some common tunes to offer all practiced up and you are polite and
> respectful of the others in the jam, keep your background playing in the
> background, use the melody as a road map for the tunes you do not know as
> well, etc., you should be fine.
>
> Different jams are different to beginners than other jams.  In most cases,
> it seems that they are comfortable helping string players, but not with
> helping harmonica players, and that is what creates a problem.  But your
> approach shouldn't cause that much concern, except where chords are
> concerned, since you wouldn't be much use vamping a mandolin chop on a
> chromatic in more than possibly two keys.  As long as you know your
> instrument and can handle that part, being a beginner on the tunes
> shouldn't
> bother them that much.  Everybody starts somewhere, and nobody knows
> everything.
>
> cara
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 3:47 PM, <sheltraw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> David
>>
>> I was really hoping to talk with you at SPAH. I have been learning some
>> Bluegrass tunes for chromatic harmonica and developing my own style. Oh
>> well. Maybe next year?
>>
>>
>> Cara
>>
>> I have only been playing harmonica for about 15 months and have just a
>> few bluegrass tunes in my repertoire (Read Haired Boy, Cripple Creek,
>> John Hardy, Amazing Grace, Sweet Georgia Brown, and Old Joe Clark).
>> Some bluegrass jams are welcoming to beginners and some are not. Do
>> you have a feel for how tolerant these jams are with respect to
>> beginners?
>>
>> I really appreciate you working on this.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > We'll miss you, too.  Maybe next year.
>> >
>> > Cara
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Richard Hunter
>> > <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>> >
>> >> David Naiditch wrote:
>> >> <What a bummer.  Cara Cooke is graciously arranging all these great
>> >> bluegrass jams, and it appears I wonât be <able to make SPAH this
>> year.
>> >>
>> >> Ditto and likewise.  The lineup for this year's SPAH looks amazing,
>> and
>> >> I
>> >> will be unable to attend.
>> >>
>> >> Regards, Richard Hunter
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>





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