RE: Good harp vs bad harp

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

From: "Vincent M. Daliessio" <vdaliess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

<<My $.02:

Harp is often used in songs to evoke a mood or feeling and not to add any
actual melodic content. This is a dismaying trend, but it is an opportunity
for good harp players if we are willing to seek it out.>>

Hi Vincent

If the harp has succeeded in evoking appropriate mood or feeling, why should 
that be dismaying?  Or are you implying that this strategy doesn't work?
I can think of a few songs off the top of my head in which the harmonica has 
played some kind of background role and been very evocative.  Admittedly it 
is on the other hand sometimes used in a cliched sense, e.g. "wistful," 
"lonesome," "cowboy" etc.  Is this what you mean?

Regards

Steve

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