[Harp-L] students & motivation

[David Fertig <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave McKelvey instructed me to practice the three stacatto notes in the Batman theme, I'd call it the first 8 1/8 notes, repeated twice, to exercise the three-step draw bend.  Not exciting, but effective!  Well, if you're a Batman fanatic, maybe it's exciting (RIP Alfred . . )

-Dave "Holey Harphead, Batman!" Fertig

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 will find a melody that incorporates the notes created through bending 
technique to get the sound of the interval in their inner ear. Then they
 can match that sound through the harmonica and creating a note through 
the bending technique.


For instance: 

The song "Spoonful"

"That spoon that spoon that spoon-ful"

This
 is a minor third interval. Starting with 2 hole inhale as "That", they 
can now match the 3 hole first inhale bend with "spoon", making the 
harmonica "sing" this simple musical line.

I have found that 
using a tuner to visually tune in their bends is one step removed from 
hearing it in their heads and recreating it "out of thin air".

The Iceman

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From: David Michelsen Tuition <dmharpman@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 9:39 am
Subject: [Harp-L] students & motivation


  Would those of you who teach like to share what strategies you use to 
help students keep motivated in the often dispiriting period when they 
learn to bend notes. Also how to keep up the motivation in that time 
when they are learning to keep the three  bends on three & the two bends 
on draw two play in tune.
I recommend to all my students that they use a chromatic tuner to help 
them to tune their ears & bends in. David
-- 
D Priestley AKA Dr Midnight.
England's first  harmonica Guru.

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