Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica : a popular and ubiquitous instrument

["Drew Ross" <spiritualpersonality@xxxxxxxxx>]

I suspect that you are right. I'd like to think that the faking is
transparent to everyone, or at least to people really listening, but in so
thinking, I'm being overly optimistic. Perhaps it would have been more true
to say that there is a tremendous potential to express emotion. Thanks.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Dan Berger <dberger1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Drew wrote:
> " One of the things that I love the most about the
> harmonica is what I will call its transparency, meaning that it will
> transmit exactly the emotion and color that you give it. Perhaps that's
> ultimately true for all instruments, but players can hide a bit behind
> technique in the guitar, fake emotion, fake pain. In my opinion, harps tell
> no lies. In a very real way, you are the instrument."
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> Though I agree with much of the post, I disagree here.
> Some harp players do hide behind technique, fake emotion, fake pain.
> and gear
> ie> ridculous un-ending lightening runs that say nothing and go nowhere....
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> Dan
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