[Harp-L] sattelite tv and ska

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Found a blues channel on the sattelite tv--plays stuff like Rod Piazza  
and Jimmy Rogers. Nice. However, the reggae channel right next to it  
is even cooler. After listening all day to the Skatellites and all the  
cool 60s ska and the 70s roots I wondered why there aren't more reggae  
harp players. So I got out my harps. The ska is mostly 2nd  
position--you can play a lot of it with major pantatonic scales.  
Mostly it's easy but they like to play two chord riffs like A and G  
which means I have to really practice my 3bb. If you give the 2bb and  
the 3bb a nice vibrato (I'm working on this--it's hard) it gives the  
music an urgency that's cool and different from how the horns play  
it.The high notes all work perfect. Use a metronome because the beat  
is way more important than the notes. This is real fun to practice  
amplified.

Next I'm going to start working a little on the 70s Roots which means  
working on my 3rd and 4th positions.

So when you've got your D harp in 2nd position and you know you need  
to practice arpegiating the G chord, now you have a good reason. Ska!

Rainbow Jimmy
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