Re: [Harp-L] No Excuse Jazz Howard Levy

["Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Larry posts:
> When you said "in this order - diatonic, chrom , sax...", do you mean that 
> you started playing jazz repertoire first on diatonic and then learned it 
> on chrom/sax?
>
> My point being that "the tunes" are rarely learned first on diatonic by the 
> better "Players" - Chris M, Carlos, and a few others being the exceptions.
>
> (I don't, by any means, know ALL the "Players" out there - this concept is 
> IMO and based on my limited real world interaction with a lot of the best).

Larry, you got me:
I originally I learned most melodies on chrom 1st.
good points all--let me add that if anyone is attempting expanding their 10 
hole harp playing, be it XB, OB or altered tunings--Even if you only add 6OB 
to your blues playing:
please learn some basic theory on a piano, button chromatic or a horn. 
doesn't mean that you need to invest enough time to play in public (I surely 
won't play piano in public)
these instruments have only 1 layout and help to simplify thinking about 
what you are doing.
if you start to look at what different scales in different keys have in 
common and learn the number system (NO, NOT TAB!) you can transfer knowledge 
back to 10 hole & be much better for it.

Michael Peloquin
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