Re: [Harp-L] Which Hole Number?

["Arnold Wiliem" <arnoldw.id@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's exactly what I do!

Had a chat with a sax player with regard to improvisation and filling up a
music. He said that he consciously knows what note that he is hitting.
That's probably because Sax's players need to have the scale in mind all the
time, not like in our case that is, we can easily grab the right harp key.
Also, unlike in harmonica, sax's players are able to see their fingerings
(or at least can feel the finger position which is on). In our case, IMHO
the only clue we have is the note sound... there's no clue where we are..
this is the thing that makes me curious on this issue.. is there any way to
know what note being played just by looking on "physical arrangement" (like
fingering position in sax)  ?

Smoe-Joe suggested me to do what clarinet's players do.. But this is based
on the familiarity of the note sound.. well, I'll try that practice anyway..



Arnold

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM, jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxx <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> Not that I'm anyone to emulate, but when I'm playing I have no conscious
> idea what hole I'm at either.  Maybe subconsciously I know, but its not
> something I think about while it's happening.  Nor do I have any idea what
> the names of the notes are. I can learn pieces by reading, but once I've got
> a piece memorized I forget all about the names of the notes or their
> corresponding holes.
>
> I don't condone or promote my haphazard method.  I envy players who have a
> running awareness of every note name and note hole they play.  But my
> peabrain just doesn't work that way.
>
> Here's an example of a piece I learned by reading sheet music, but once it
> was internalized I couldn't tell you anything about the note holes or names:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Thib725Ig
>
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