RE: [Harp-L] In which Gus is Summarily Dispatched to Eternal Ignominy

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The "regulars", in that story were pretty good about calling out the keys. 
I am glad you see the side of the whole story that calls for
sympathy/cooperation, but also bear in mind, he, according to those same
sighted comrades in the story, chugged about six beers in twenty to
twenty-five minutes, dulling, in my opinion, his possibility to adapt well
to
Things happening quickly.  I honestly don't remember if this specific song
got a "calling out of the key". 
I'm extremely fortunate in this situation as I have perfect pitch and since
people often call out the wrong key for a song they're accustomed to
playing, I usually don't pay attention to anything anyone says about keys. 
 
Again though, I didn't tell the story to heap abuse on the guy so much, but
to point out that when bad harp gets played, there's less possibility of
forgiveness than with bad guitar or other more accepted instruments. 
Brad Trainham


-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Bill Hines
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 9:38 AM
To: 'harp-l'
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] In which Gus is Summarily Dispatched to Eternal
Ignominy

"He got it that the song was somehow in d"

Reading this, I was just curious - was anyone calling out the song key
before each song started? Doesn't sound like it from the quote above. 
Perhaps if that simple courtesy wasn't extended (which kind of annoys me,
why subject me to spending the first part of the song going through that
drill to find the right key rather than comfortably playing along), and this
young person was too embarrassed to ask, that was the source of at least
that part of the trouble.

I feel kind of bad for the kid. He did the right thing and asked before just
wailing, probably felt a little insecure but happy to be invited, and was
likely crushed and embarrassed by the experience. I wouldn't call him Gus at
all.

Bill Hines

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