Re: [Harp-L] Critical Harmonica Mistakes
Amen to that.
Bullfrog
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Leone" <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Chuck Linville" <linvillec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Critical Harmonica Mistakes
On Jun 4, 2012, at 9:28 AM, Chuck Linville wrote:
Hi All, Someone posted recently about the futility of practicing if you
are doing the wrong things.
Right, I saw that.
So I thought I would throw out the question; what are some critical
mistakes that people are prone to make on the harmonica when
practicing? -chuck
It would probably be a chore to sit down and try to compile a definitive
list of mistakes. Probably the best solution would be to listen to and
watch someone
play, and catch the mistakes as they happen. Mistakes can be very subtle
and cloaked. And that, in a nut shell, is why they occur. People aren't
aware of them.
The two things that pop to my mind are: 1... It might be advantageous to
get a teacher. 2 ... Failing that. it would be nice to have a real
comprehensive lesson
plan, done by real people who really know what they're talking about. Just
as Rubank, Belwyn, and others have done for 'established' instruments, and
go from
book #1, to book #2, and 3, and so forth, the same should be done for
harmonica. And though we do have plans, they are disorganized and no 2
seem to be the
same.
With real plans, you don't immediately open the book and find a picture of
someone, there is no mention of any names. They're just all meat. As Eli
Wallach says
in the movie 'The good, the bad, and the ugly', "If you have to shoot,
shoot, don't talk". Lesson plans should leave out all the BS and
concentrate on the subject
at hand. This is what I see with plans from the major publishers.
smo-joe
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