Re: [Harp-L] Re: scary fast harmonica - uhhhh

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I gotta say, this so-called "best harmonica player" isn't even close. He's just repeating some easy weed-wacker licks at medium-fast tempo, then nudges them into double time at the end - a long way from "scary fast.". It's a simple trick, but judging by the comments, it impresses some people (though I note that one commented, "That's not bad, but I prefer music").

The guy who did it may have just been jamming casually (on a train? in a bus?) and may not be responsible for the Youtube presentation

Winslow 

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Tue, 2/10/09, Gary Warren <gdubya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Gary Warren <gdubya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: scary fast harmonica
To: "Abner Galdos" <cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bill Otten" <harpman54@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 4:05 PM

Monk also said:  "You've got to dig it, to dig it, you dig?"

At 06:34 PM 2/9/2009, Abner Galdos wrote:
>I'm 100 % behind you.
>
>abner
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Bill Otten
>   To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 2:53 PM
>   Subject: [Harp-L] Re: scary fast harmonica
>
>
>   Here's a video of scary fast harmonica playing, I'd have to
agree with the
>   comments made regarding "why do I have to play so fast", and
"all it proves
>   is that you've practiced "learning to play scary fast".
Here's the clip:
>   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONNaVbNve4w and if you're impressed
with it,
>   then fine. And if you're the person on the video and you're on 
> this list, no
>   personal attack intended, it's just personally, it isn't my
style. A few
>   notes with real feeling go further than playing all the notes with none.
>   Getting back to my list of Thelonius Monk-ism's :
>
>   1)Stop playing all those bullshit notes.
>
>   2)Don't play everything, let some things go by.
>
>   3)Some music is just imagined.
>
>   4)What you don't play can be more important than what you do play.
>
>   5)A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it 
> depends on your
>   imagination.
>
>   6)Always leave them wanting more.
>
>   There was a player from a band called Blues Traveller who shall go
unnamed
>   here in order to avoid resurrecting THAT old argument, but I think that
>   player was responsible for this speed nonsense. 'Nuff said about
that.
>
>
>
>   bill otten
>
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