RE: [Harp-L] Stevie Wonder Question.

[Mark Panfil <markpanfil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike,

Everyone recognizes his playing and I think I attribute that to the keys he plays in most of the time. You see, most chromatic players use the slide to add sharps and flats. They embellish starting with the slide relaxed. Stevie Wonder plays many songs with the slide pushed in as "home" and he releases it to embellish the notes. that makes his "sound" quite different from the crowd. 

I watched him sit down at the piano on some reality show last week and sure enough his hands went right for the black notes on the piano as soon as he touched it. It would make it easier to feel the keys.

Just my two cents

Mark Panfil




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> From: mwesolowski@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:40:03 -0500
> Subject: [Harp-L] Stevie Wonder Question.
> 
> Hi all,
>    Stevie Wonder is coming to Raleigh NC Nov. 29th and a reporter called me with a question about his playing that I don't think I'm capable of answering.   I was hoping that some of you might be able to help me out on this one.   Stevie's not doing interviews, so I'm trying to help him out with his article.   Here's the question-------What is it about Stevies playing; that when you hear him; you automaticly know it's Stevie Wonder?   Or maybe -------What makes Stevie Wonder's harmonica playing so distinctive?    Any help would be very appreciated.
> Mike "Wezo" Wesolowski
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