Re: [Harp-L] not sneering

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

Learning old riffs and licks is just one approach. I find it the loooong road.
 
I've developed a short cut that allows the student to begin developing their own ideas within the first 6 months (for a newbie) and sooner than that if you already have some experience. Granted, the first ideas are short, but understanding of how an idea is developed is part of the result. Therefore, it takes very little time for the student to start mixing and matching their own short ideas in different configurations (creating longer lines) and also discovering their own particular voices quickly. The added bonus is that when they choose to listen to a BigLittleSonnyWalter riff, it is easy for them to hear what is being played, how it is being played and figure it out for themselves.
 
Revolutionary stuff - all my students are responding rapidly. Lots of light bulbs going off and happy faces.
 
The Iceman
 
 
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From: flyinginthers@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 4:37 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] not sneering


hi i knew as soon as i wrote something about the old riffs being copied, it 
would be mis understood,,, i sure don,t want to sneer,since i am hardly in the 
position, i do own quite a collection of blues harp music and i am deeply into 
listening  to the harp parts for my fullfillment as an aspiring player, they 
harp drew me to the blues long before playing the diatonic myself, so i do have 
deep respect for the past and the great performances that have set the standard 
for many to follow, just look at the rock and rollers that copied off these 
musicians,,,, i guess the point i try to make is that as i have progressed in my 
playing i really recognize how much stuff is just passed along and that many 
things are somewhat hard to explain in writing and lots of the good players 
picked up on secrets that can't be learned in the books...i never had lessons, 
so i don,t really know how much a typical student can pick up...but styles and 
genres can blurr and new sounding and progressive
 styles may have roots in the bluesn to a large extent,  i just like to hear 
some original harp licks  and runs or total songs that deviate into non 
traditional styles yet got the soul just as much as any old song, but i sure do 
enjoy the walters, and sonnies and the rest, as well as the guys who are playing 
now and hope i can pickup on their influence,  i think what happened is that i 
saw a comment on someone's posting that had something from paul delay  about 
walter.s....and elvis impersonatorse  at the bottom of the page......ha,,guess 
im not very original, anyway peace and hapiness   always a friend and harper     
joe g
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