Re: [Harp-L] Reading Music

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great!

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Reading (notation) is not a form of tablature.
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> Notation and tablature describe two different things.
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> Notation tells you the results but not how to get them.
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> Tablature tells you how to get the results on a specific instrument, but does
> not describe the results themselves.
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> While notation describes the notes that you end up hearing, it does not tell you
> how to make those notes come out of your instrument. Any C instrument can read a
> piece of music that happens to be notated for flute, for instance. But the
> player has to know how those notes are produced.
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> Tablature for one instrument cannot be used for another, because the physical
> actions differ. Tuba tablature (if there is such a thing) would be useless for
> harmonica, and harmonica tab is useless for guitar. The one thing they all have
> in common - the end result - is missing.
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> Winslow
>  Winslow Yerxa
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
> Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
> Resident expert, bluesharmonica.com
> Columnist, harmonicasessions.com
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> From: michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
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>  I also do not think you need to read to understand and use theory.
> Reading is just an advanced form of tablature.
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