Subject: [Harp-L] music, tempo loudness,

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Absolute common sense, and very well said....certainly nice to hear someone  
speak up with irrefutably clear logic for those who play harmonica 
indisputably  'outside the box'. 
 
Where's the general acceptance of musical differences? There seems to be  
always an onslaught of negative comments by some who seem to think that how they  
play (and think) is the only acceptable method or style on a harmonica, even 
for  the rest of us.
 
Whatever happened to having different tastes, likes and dislikes in  music?  
Last time I looked the harmonica was a musical instrument, capable  of being 
played in many different ways.
 
I wonder if threads like this come up on guitar forums?  Do  people there 
argue and dictate about the differences in speed and sound  between Hendrix and 
Clapton?
 
Are there piano sites where Stevie Wonder (proficient on more than one  
instrument --another big no-no somehow) is compared to Van  Cliburn  or Liberace 
(in the Guinness book of World Records as  the fastest piano player?)  Maybe 
Liberace played 'too many notes' as  well?
 
For some reason Pete Seeger's version of Malvina Reynolds' 'Little Boxes'  
has been running through my mind since the beginning of this particular  thread: 
;)
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN3rN59GlWw_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN3rN59GlWw) 
 
 
 
Great post, Rainbow Jimmy
Thanks,
 
 
Elizabeth
 
"Message: 11
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:13:48 -0500
From:  jim.alciere@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] music, tempo loudness,
To: _harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx) 

Fast music should be played fast. Slow music should be played slow.  Loud
music should be played loud. Soft music should be played soft. You  wouldn't
play fusion at 70 bpm, you wouldn't play downtempo at 220 bpm.  Some
Beethoven should be played really loud. Some Bach can be played  quietly.

It's the song that's important. As a musician, you have to make  the song
sound good.

Playing fast is a tool in your tool box. A tool  you need, sometimes, to play
music the way the composer meant the music to be  played.  The song dictates
the technique but you have to have the  technique or you're SOL.

Doesn't hurt to know the melody of the song  you're playing either.

-- 
Rainbow  Jimmy"

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