FW: 2000 hours - YIKES

["DL Terry" <so_blue@xxxxxxx>]

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> From: DL Terry [mailto:so_blue@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 1:06 PM
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> Subject: RE: 2000 hours - YIKES
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> > Subject: Re: 2000 hours - YIKES
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> > > TONE defines mastery. I'm not sayiing this claiming to be a 
> > "master" - I'm
> > > saying this as a lover of the instrument who HAS NOT mastered it.
> 
> Ben Felten said:
> 
> >  I think tone does not in
> > any way define mastery more than any of the other elements 
> above do. There
> > is a myth that tone makes blues harp, it's just a myth. I can 
> name 5 harp
> > players off the top of my head who would not be considered as 
> having great
> > tones who are great musicians, which is what mastery is about 
> in my book.
> 
> No disrespect intended, Ben, but who are the 5?
> 
> The harmonica players I admire (whether blues, country, or 
> classical) ALL have GREAT TONE.
> 
> Maybe a harder question would be: Of all the GREAT (let's say the 
> top 25 EVER) name ONE without great tone.