[Harp-L] hearing it in your head

["John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>]

Last year, Mr. Hunter put up a post quoting another musician (I think  
it was a steel guitar player) who said something like, "If you can  
think it, you can play it."  Even if i don't have the quote exactly  
right, truer words have never been spoken.

A beginner plays what he CAN play.  As a player progresses, he  
becomes able to express himself.  His technique improves to a point  
where he is capable of making what he hears in his head come out of  
the harmonica.  Instead of playing what he CAN play, he becomes able  
to play what he WANTS to play.

The next step:  Now that the player can play pretty much whatever he  
wants to play, WHAT should he play?  That's my problem.  My  
technique  is so much better developed than my imagination.

	JP