Re: Re: [Harp-L] overblow practice question

[Garry Hodgson <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >From: Moandabluz@xxxxxxx
> >     This talk of overblows got me going a little... So I spend a few days 
> >this week practicing them, but I am figuring out that I still suck too much
> >(pun intended) in other areas that I am going to work on.
> 
> Steve is the 2nd or 3rd guy in the last few days to echo this sentiment. 
> This is so sad. It seems to me that those players that have limited 
> technique & musicianship consider OB's too daunting to commit to and those 
> players that have great technique & musicianship on our instrument do not 
> want to learn to overblow for a multitude of reasons:
> 1.) lazy, can't teach an old dog...
> 2.) too shocking to look at an old friend in a new way (see #1)
> 3.) stubborn traditionalist "LW & SB didn't need them"

while i see your point, there's a fourth category, which i think
moandabluz (and myself) fall in:

4.) you recognize that you'll need to learn this at some point, 
but there're too many other things higher on your priority list
to work on.

my experience as a now-intermediate player is that the more
i learn, the more other things i realize i still need to work on.
OB's are in that list, but it'll be awhile before they reach the
head of it.

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