Re: What is Harmonicky?? was [Harp-L] Sounds like harmonica.

[Philharpn@xxxxxxx]

Maybe the issue is: 
Stick to the melody. When in doubt play the melody. 

(Somebody else said that -- but it's a good idea)





In a message dated 10/23/08 11:55:34 AM, groovygypsy@xxxxxxxxx writes:


> What is harmonicky?
> 
> To be clear, I love the deep bends and alot of the sounds the
> harmonica can make but it needs to be used appropriately.
> 
> To me harmonicky is over use of trills - Head shakes!!! , OBs when not
> correctly applied - like "hey look, I'm an advanced player because I
> can do and OB", Hand Tremelo, inappropriate use of hand wahs...
> That deep throat machine gun style tremolo players use instead of
> vibrato. Not being able to articulate notes and instead heavily
> bending into other notes especially on hole 3. Honking and quaking
> like a duck.
> 
> Then there is the severe lack of basic musicianship issues like
> playing a maj 3rd over a min chord. Total lack of phrasing. Relentless
> and meaningless runs up and down the harp that have nothing to do with
> the energy of the music. Not making changes. Making all songs sound
> like a blues song when its not a blues song.
> 
> 
> ****
> Daniel wrote:
> I have been following with interest this thread. I am from South
> America ( live in Canada now) so I did not grow up listening to a lot
> of harmonica, especially in the blues context. When I recently "
> discovered " the harmonica it was those "harmonicky" sounds that
> totally captivated me. Fell in love with it. Now I see that might not
> be a good thing after all, LOL . Spent months of daily practice of
> those deep bends, second position etc. But hey, I love it.
> Anyways, I have question though . Why is it that most of the
> exceptional players that have been mentioned, the players that are
> taking the harmonica into classical music, jazz ,etc play for the most
> part the traditional German Richter tuning ? It seems to me that this
> tuning is not conducive to getting away from those harmonicky sounds.
> 
> daniel
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