[Harp-L] Re: Positions etc.

[Steve Baker <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Zwi, thanks for a great post with many insightful observations. If we  
all functioned the same way I guess it would work for everyone.  
Trouble is, to grasp any language you need a degree of affinity with  
it and some are blessed with more than others. As a native English  
speaker I moved to Germany aged 23 and was fortunate enough to be  
able to learn the language without formal instruction or prior  
knowledge to the point where I not only speak it fluently but also  
write professionally (though I'll never lose my English accent).  
However, my talent for the language of mechanical things is so  
limited that I'll probably never learn to mend a fence. The simplest  
and most obvious things in this area present me with alarming  
difficulties. The language of music may likewise be easier for one  
person to grasp than for another,

Steve