Re: [Harp-L] intonation and such

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

 Oh no. Another divisive issue, and this one isn't Chrom vs. Diatonic at SPAH, but is within the diatonic community itself.
 
"Overs" vs "Purists"
 
All right all you "Overs" - get on the left. All you "Purists", get on the right. Pick up your feather pillows and come out swinging. Last one standing in a flurry of feathers wins.
 
The MediationMan
 
 
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From: turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


So let me see if I've got this right. If I don't spend lots of precious practice time trying to make overblows sound like real music, which is no easy trick even for the guys who seem to think it's their life's work, then I've got "half-assed technique," and for sure it's leading me to make "half-assed artistic decisions." Even though we can apparently all now admit that there's nothing and no one who can keep those altered notes from sticking out like a purple cow in a herd of Guernseys, I have to practice overblowing EVEN HARDER than before, because I have to make those altered notes really "strong." Or I'm half-assed. 
 
Well, some things are not worth doing extremely well, even if they're worth doing a little, and especially if "extremely well" doesn't really sound extremely good. 
 
All of this obsession with controlling the pitch and sound of altered notes is in my opinion a big, fat, waste of time, and I for one have other fish to fry. 
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