Re: The great divide...

[Ken Ficara <kfharp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The licks Tim describes are good for learning note positions up there, but 
I don't find practicing licks any more interesting than doing exercises. I 
got comfortable with the top end of the harp by learning fiddle tunes. 
Playing those fast melodies (mostly in first position on the top end of a 
low D or A or G harp) got me moving around the top as comfortably as I do 
on the bottom. Basically, I spent a year learning tunes out of Steve 
Kaufman's Bluegrass Workout (Homespun Tapes).

Ken

>>   I have been playing the upper octave of my harp quite a bit
>> now... I am still wondering what's the best way to overcome "the
>> great divide" between holes 6, 7 and 8. Any tips, exercices ?
>
> I detest "exercises", though they would probably improve my playing.
> I learned to move from the lower end of the harp (hole 6 and below)
> to the upper end and back by finding a couple of licks that worked
> and using those to transition up and down.

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