Re: [Harp-L] The POWER of tongue blocked TONE http://tinyurl.com/25s6wgn

["Luke Keefner" <lkeefner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why doesn't hohner or seydel produce a beginner harp for the 
musically....curious.... people ( where I began and probably most of you 
too) in a spiral tuning say in low e or d?  Most people pick up what is 
available like a c old standby or marine band and think "this thing is a 
piece of crap! If you start on the left side of the harp (like we read, left 
to right) we find notes missing, notes duplicated, and the 2 draw sounds 
like something is stuck in it. As we move up the harp we find some sequence 
of notes, but remember this a squeeky c harp, we might be able to pick out 
old suzanna if someone hasn't yet ripped it out of our mouth and thrown it 
out the car window. You might want to try to play along with the radio but 
not many songs are in C so again, frustration. Eventually, you give it to 
the dog to chew or toss it in the junk drawer and forget it. Admittedly I 
suck, but it wasn't until I learned to paddy my harps that I was able to 
play much of anything that didn't hurt my own ears. Instead of braying about 
how wonderful howard, jason etc. is we could do our beloved instrument  more 
good by promoting this "training wheels" concept so that beginners actually 
go out and buy a second harmonica. Luke
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From: "Frank franze" <franze52@xxxxxxx>
To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 6:46 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] The POWER of tongue blocked TONE 
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The POWER of tongue blocked TONE 
>>>http://tinyurl.com/25s6wgn<http://tinyurl.com/25s6wgn><<< I love to "Lip 
Block" too... happy trails and happy harpin!!!