[Harp-L] re: why do you want to play blues (very long)/Chris

[Christelle Berthon <christellester@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chris

I missed this post of yours, and this is Elisabeth who said that you  
were talking about me.

and when I read that " would love to see Christelle jump away from  
cross harp. She maybe able to play blues but I have a feeling her deep  
rooted tastes are elsewhere. She plays very beautiful and very non- 
traditional stuff that to me could be greatly improved by playing in  
other positions.  She definitely has the ability and the ear to do it.  
I love what she does and I find her to be a rare gem in the crazy  
world of "What key harp you got?"

I felt so embarassed by these words, coming from a guy like you I  
don't know what to say exept thank you very much.

To answer that I may be can say that I've began yesterday something  
that will be very long to acheive: playing all the 24 scales (minor a  
major) on a diatonic C. I already know that I often play harp i second  
position, but this is mainly because I didn't worked the technical  
aspect of the harmonica, I need now to extend to my limits the way I  
can play. I've got a challenge to help me to do that, this is to play  
the 3rd movement of the oboe concerto in D minor by J.S Bach. And to  
reach that goal I need to master the harmonica and to play a B major  
scale just as easier as a G major or a C major.

We'll see what will happens in 2 or 3 months from now, but it'll be a  
painfull job to reach that, spending 3 to 5 hours a day doing scales  
only (in 3rd, 4th, and 5th too)

kisses

Christelle