Re: [Harp-L] Re: harp vs. guitar

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think it depends on your phsyical aptitudes.  I have been working on
mandolin for 8 years and strumming fast is very hard for me. But I
wanted to be a professional  harmonica player and so I worked much
harder on harp, whereas I am more content to be an amateur mando
player.  I do think truly understanding the layout of the harmonica is
harder than guitar.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Zack <zack.pomerleau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Guitar, there are chords.
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I was told by a guitar player who went to Berklee, got a scholarship
>> to go to McNally-Smith, and is now moving to TX to get a Master's in
>> Guitar Performance that learning to play harmonica well is way harder
>> than guitar.  The techniques are harder, the resources are fewer, and
>> the amount of people able to play proficiently with other musicians is
>> very little.
>>
>> He wasn't referring to getting to his level of guitar playing
>> either.
>>
>> On Oct 25, 11:19 am, "John Dekker" <jdek...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Overall, which would you say is harder to learn, the harmonica or the
>> guitar?
>>
>>
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