[Harp-L] Re:Practicing the Bends

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

 you completely miss the point. it has nothing to do with enunciating consonants, per se. reread the post. 





But it sounds to me like you're saying that if someone simply says "T" and "K" a 

few times they will be able to move fluidly and accurately from bent tone to 

bent tone without any difficultly in a few weeks. Hmmm. I think there's more to 

it than that. 





 





 





 



-----Original Message-----

From: Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>

To: icemanle@xxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 3:17 pm

Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re:Practicing the Bends













The iceman sayeth:



> whew - sure seems like a lot of work as you describe it.

> 

> try the target points. my new students are able to go from bend to bend in 

adjacent holes accurately and they find that it isn't difficult at all, as easy 

as 

> saying "T" and then "K". There is practice involved, but it happens in a few 

weeks rather than months/years.

> 

> However, some, when given the choice between a shorter and longer path, seem 

to choose the longer one. You still arrive at the same destination - it just 

> takes longer.

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Larry,



Interesting how you somehow came to understand that the exercises I posted would 

take "months/years" to master... I never said that, or ever suggested it; and it 

simply isn't true. Your leap of logic amuses me.



If someone already has the skills to bend notes (as the poster has clearly 

stated), then the exercises I posted will bring them the desired result of 

moving from bent tone to bent tone fluidly in about week or less, depending on 

diligence and initial bending skills.



But it sounds to me like you're saying that if someone simply says "T" and "K" a 

few times they will be able to move fluidly and accurately from bent tone to 

bent tone without any difficultly in a few weeks. Hmmm. I think there's more to 

it than that. 



Enunciating consonants is a great way to teach someone how to bend, however, I 

would be cautious in overselling the technique as a panacea,?no matter how Zen 

it may sound. 



Remember Grasshopper, what appears to be a long path to you, may be a short path 

to someone else (and vice versa)

Three blind men touch an elephant - one feels the ear, another the trunk, the 

third enounters the tail. Each describes the animal differently, yet it is still 

an elephant.

The shortest path is not always the easiest.



Harpin' in Colorado,

--Ken M.



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