[Harp-L] RE: What other instruments do you play? - Understanding harmony (Winslow Yerxa)

["Thiago Cerveira - Bends" <thiagocerveira@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to add one more thing about learning harmony on a chord
instrument: it's incredibly fun! After I started learning some music theory
through guitar lessons everything started to make more sense, and playing 
and
listening to music became even more enjoyable.

Thanks,

Thiago Cerveira
http://www.bendsharmonicas.com
http://www.myspace.com/thiagocerveira


> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:27:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] What other instruments do you play? -
> Understanding harmony
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> Paying a chordal instrument is important to understanding the harmony
> against which you improvise, so your study of guitar is a very good idea.
>
> once or twice I've brought new jazz harmonica players to the attention of
> Toots Thielemans. The first question he asks is, "Does he play a chordal
> instrument?" He feels that he can hear in an improviser's playing whether
> or not that improviser has an understanding of harmony gained from
> actually playing chord progressions.
>
> Winlsow
>
> Winslow Yerxa
>
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5