Re: [Harp-L] Re: Mel Lyman

["Larry L. Ravlin" <sheepdip@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Speaking of emotional level, my piano instructor once told me  'Larry, I
want you to make me cry when I hear you play this piece'  it was a piece by
chopin.  Afterwards I realized that I was entering a whole new ball game in
the art of piano playing.  The easiest part of playing an instrument is
reading the notation THEN comes the hard part, the inflection, the phrase
endings, the nuances.  All those little things that are not written into the
music but that every musician  knows from years of experience.
Feelllllllllllllllllllll the music, close your eyes listen to every little
passage, it's wonderful.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 4:28 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Mel Lyman


> So not even one response to the Mel Lyman post?   I guess a lot of
harp-l'ers aren't familiar with
> him.  The very first song I ever learned off a record was Mel Lyman's 1st
position "Jug Band
> Waltz".  Then I learned how to bend by attempting to duplicate his 2nd
position "Jug Band Blues".
>
> I found it interesting that when an artist like Taj Mahal praised another
artist like Mel Lyman,
> there was no mention of technique, speed, proficiency, gear, tunings, reed
modifications or any of
> the other harmonica esoterica that consume so much of harp-l's bandwidth.
The only thing that
> mattered to Taj was Mel's extraordinary ability to connect with his
audience on an emotional
> level.  That's something we DON'T seem to talk about much on harp-l.
>
> By the way, here's a link to an advertisement where Mel endorses Hohner's
new Blues Harp.
>
> http://www.trussel.com/lyman/hohner.htm
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