Re: [Harp-L] good or bad harps? (was: godd or bad haprs?)

[Tom Baehr <tombaehr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Blow" and "draw" ~in context~ are okay, if explained correctly. For  
one thing, it's fewer syllables than inhale or exhale -- which in  
themselves could be misleading.

One of the problems with either harmonica is that the majority of us  
are self-taught. It's a good way to get into some just plain horrible  
habits. Lesson books can't do the whole thing; neither can trying to  
copy our favorite artists, because they may have even worse habits.

My rule of thumb: If it's really hard to do, I'm trying too hard.  
Corollary: If it doesn't sound good, I'm doing something wrong.

Blowing out reeds is doing something wrong. Microphones are for loud,  
not blasting.

Tom
On Jul 10, 2007, at 6:49 PM, IcemanLE@xxxxxxx wrote:

> This is the biggest problem to the way harmonica has been perceived  
> and
> taught. Even the books/CD/DVD lessons still say "blow" "suck"  
> "draw". Happily
> I've seen some of the educators start to change their orientation  
> and vocabulary
> to "inhale" and "exhale", showing a slow evolution towards the way  
> harmonica
> should be approached.
>
> The Iceman