RE: [Harp-L] Conceptualising notes (was RE: Some questions for chromatic play...

[Michael Peloquin <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In a message dated 4/16/2009 5:06:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> dixdr@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> Howard  Levy says the same thing - he imagines the notes in his head as 
> laid out on a  piano keyboard. To make it a bit more manageable he also 
> imagines first that  whatever harp he's playing is a C harp.


Larry responds:
> Is this true? I remember him talking about first learning breakthrough  
> concepts on his Ab harmonica and using that as a reference point (mind you, 
> this  was 10 years ago at least - at Augusta Heritage).

It is a G harmonica and the piano keyboard that Howard Levy visualizes. This from hearing Him say it more than once.
Michael Peloquin
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