RE: [Harp-L] Milestones

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

1. be able to play any note at will ie; draw bend six without hitting
the draw six first

2. jump from one note to any other note on the instrument.

3. Octaves and other split intervals

4. be able to the play the same line or riff in all three octaves.

5. bent octave ie; draw bend 3(Ab) and draw bend 6(Ab)or draw bend 3
(A) and draw 6(A) etc....

6. be able to fluently switich between tongueblock and pucker

7. Overblow


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Milestones
>Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 10:57:31 -0400
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>>Maybe some of you wizards out there can help to define milestones of
>>learning harp, particularly in the blues genre, once one has learned
>the
>>basics (clear single notes with good tone, all bends nailed
>>consistently, etc), to get from intermediate to advanced level. What
>>milestones would you folks recommend tackling? Someone said once
>"learn
>>to play the blues scales". The plurality confused me. I can play the
>>blues scale (with bends) on G using my C harp (and in E on my A
>harp,
>>same holes :-). Does the plurality of that mean to learn all the
>blues
>>scales on one harp, as a way to move toward different position
>>playing/familiarity?  
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>>Would you recommend as a milestone to be able to play a certain
>fairly
>>challenging song clearly (please don't say Juke :-)? Or to play a
>>certain level song in the first three positions on a harp?
>Overblows? I
>>want to move to the next level, and like the idea of tackling and
>>achieving exercises to do so. I'm sure others feel the same way, so
>any
>>feedback from the great teachers out there (Dennis? Iceman?) would
>be
>>very welcome.
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Chris Michalek

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