RE: [Harp-L] Re:Help!

[Miguel Weissman <harpburn2@xxxxxxxxx>]

I do agree with Anthony and Abner,  in-order to become a good player you need to learn to play with others, practicing and learning from a better player alone will not get you to the next level. So get some pre recorded jam tracks at first and then when you feel like you want to grow more find some one to jam with. 

But remember growth comes from learning what you can not do and being critical of your self with out losing the  passion and enjoyment of the process, baby steps. If it was easy everyone would be playing the harmonica.

--- On Thu, 6/25/09, Anthony Smith <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Anthony Smith <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Re:Help!
To: Lyalljames@xxxxxxx, cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, gbuxman@xxxxxxxxx, drfertig@xxxxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 9:46 AM

Man, I didn't want to but I gotta say this cause it keeps on coming.  If you
don't have the basics down you shouldn't be out playing in front of people!
By a book or something and get at a minimum the basics.  I don't mean you
have to be Kim Wilson before you get on a stage but you need to be able to
play.  Getting up and making noise for the sake of public performance is why
many other musicians simply can't stand harp players.  It's the only
instrument I can think of where people who really have nothing musical to
offer still have the gall to get up and punish others with it.

Simply put, if you don't know what key you need to be in, you shouldn't be
on stage yet.  Practice, study, play for yourself and THEN go out in public
and play.



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Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re:Help!

Dear list   Thanks for all the great beginning performance  advice.  You 
are all very generous.  I know this is a stupid question  but I'm not really
a musician.  If the band is playing in a certain key  what harp key do I
play 
in?    So if the guitar is playing in C  what key harp do I use.  I know 
people talk about the "circle of  fifths"  but is there a simple chart  like
Band=C then harp  is  ?.  Thanks for all the encouragement!  Jim Lyall N. 
Canton  ,Ohio
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