RE: [Harp-L] Sweet emotion

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glenn wrote:

>>(Ex. - C#, Ab, or F over a C chord). They will all sound bad, being
>>half-step dissonances. You just can't play ANYTHING soaked with
>"emotion"

C'mon Glenn, you know better than that!!

The following sample is played on a C harp.  The only notes used are
C Db F Ab over a C chord

http://www.michalekstrone.com/music/cosmos.mp3


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: celticguitar1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Sweet emotion
>Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 12:31:58 -0700
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>>Chris wrote-
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>><I get the whole theory thing.  My initial comment was to use you
>ears
>><and emotion.  With enough emotion any note can be made to work.
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>>I don't think so. Try a long b2, a long b6, or a long 4 over a major
>chord.
>>(Ex. - C#, Ab, or F over a C chord). They will all sound bad, being
>>half-step dissonances. You just can't play ANYTHING soaked with
>"emotion"
>>and pull it off. What's true is that you can play a lot more than
>you might
>>once have thought possible. But even in jazz they have a saying,
>"taking it
>>out" for when a musician fails to play over a chord in an
>intelligible way."
>>Beware of making categorical statements-they're often just plain
>wrong.
>>
>>-Glenn Weiser
>>http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/harppage.htm
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