Re: [Harp-L] Best starter harp for a young boy - teaching aids

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

The difference between a "cheap" diatonic harmonica and a substantial one may be $15. If you don't feel a youngster is worth an extra $15 for a beginning instrument, you are caught up in a poor mindset, methinks.





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From: MundHarp <MundHarp@xxxxxxx>
To: catketch2 <catketch2@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, Jun 12, 2011 6:49 am
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Best starter harp for a young boy - teaching aids




In a message dated 6/12/2011 3:15:26 P.M. GMT Daylight Time,  
catketch2@xxxxxxxxx writes:
<<

Instruments for Beginners
I think it is always best to get a  beginner a good instrument.

It will:
Sound better- so they will  enjoy it more and want to play it.
It is easier to play- so they will play  it more and advance at a quicker
rate.
>>
 
I couldn't agree more! 
 
When I was 8 years old my big sister gave me her spare  Hohner Super  
Chromonica (270) in the key of "G"... That was my very first "harp".
 
She gave it to me to "keep me quiet".... But that didn't work. I have loved 
 playing harmonica ever since that day.
 
I still have that chromatic, and regularly play it many years  later, 
although of course it has been serviced quite a few times....
 
A good instrument will encourage a young musician! A cheap instrument  
simply, won't.
 
John "Whiteboy" Walden
Now back in England once again....
_http://johnwalden.freevar.com_ (http://johnwalden.freevar.com)