RE: [Harp-L] hold diatonic right or left hand???

[Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>]

Or better yet... learn to stick the harp in your pie hole and play while u drive. I can do that trick, how about you?
So this begs the following question and I will ask it before Robert Hale does:
While playing with no hands which end goes in the mouth? Low notes or high notes?

(No gig tonight and obviously bored)
Hi Robert!
:DBW

> To: mmcohen@xxxxxxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] hold diatonic right or left hand???
> From: icemanle@xxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:00:58 -0400
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> nope - you need to learn to steer with your knees, therefore freeing up both hands for important harmonica consideration.
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> From: Michael Cohen <mmcohen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: boogalloo <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>; harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 12:02 pm
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] hold diatonic right or left hand???
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> Wait a second. If I hold the diatonic in my right hand, are you saying I should drive with my left hand. That certainly alters my risk : benefit analysis considerably. Jus' sayin'
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> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:03 AM, The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I'm with Buck on this one.
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> Do what feels natural for you. After all, you are a beginner and should work with your natural tendencies rather than fight them.
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> I play mostly with harmonica held in right hand, cupping with the left.
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> Later on, when I concentrated on amplified harmonica playing, I learned how to hold the harmonica in my left hand while cupping with the right in order to get a solid seal against my cheek for bigger tone. However, it still feels unnatural to me, although I do this when needed for the desired results.
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> Rick Estrin has evolved using this "both way" technique quite nicely.
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> However, get thee to a good one on one harmonica teacher who will finesse you along and keep you from developing bad harmonica habits.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>
> To: madcat <madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; jrumbaug <jrumbaug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 12:38 am
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] hold diatonic right or left hand???
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> sorry. i disagree. you have oversimplified itBW
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> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] hold diatonic right or left hand???
> > From: madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:55:31 -0400
> > To: jrumbaug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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> > If you are playing the harp with the low notes on the left and high notes on
> the right I HIGHLY recommend holding the harp in your left hand and using the
> right hand for cupping.
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> > If you want to play the harp with the low notes on the right and the high
> notes on the left (upside down), then hold the harp in your right hand and cup
> with your left.
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> > Cupping the low end sounds better than cupping the high end.
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> > Peter Madcat Ruth
> > Musician - Grammy Award Winner
> > madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > www.madcatmusic.net
> > www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth
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> > On Mar 14, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Jim Rumbaugh wrote:
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> > > simple answer
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> > > use your left
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> > > more complex answer
> > > (FOR DIATONIC)
> > > If you wanna play blues, or do some chugging sounds, the majority of your
> notes are in the low end of the harp, holes 1 through 6. It's easier to put your
> hands around those holes if your left hand holds the harp.
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> > > Jim Rumbaugh
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> > >> Hello Folks,
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> > >> It doesn't get more basic than this. Before I read any book, viewed any
> > >> free lessons, I picked up my diatonic to try it out. I, more or less
> > >> naturally for me, put it in my right hand and cupped with left.
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> > >> So  does the left/right hand matter? and why?
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> > >> Al
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