Re: [Harp-L] Red Herrings



Why is it a style? If I play a guitar and do chromatic notes it's not a
style? It's just technique.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I often think overblows when used to describe what is more a style than a
> technique as Nick did is actually a red herring.  To me, there are two
> distinct (and not always related) issues: overbends as a technique and
> playing the diatonic "chromatically" as a style.  Arguing against the former
> seems silly to me--like arguing against tongue-blocking or hand tremolo.
>  It's a technique, a means to an end, no more no less.  Debating the merits
> of the later is a much more fertile ground, though one probably over-tilled
> on harp-l.
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> JR Ross
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