[Harp-L] What's so hard about playing a harmonica? --News story-- elephant plays harmonica

["Norman Vickers" <nvickers1@xxxxxxx>]

Dear Mike Lynch and Harp-l friends.  Likely   there will be reams and reams of comment about the harmonica playing elephant on the harp-l list.  Mike, these nice people can go on interminably about a small piece of equipment, or a harmonica reed.  So, Iâll get my redundant comments out of the way quickly.

 

Tee hee!  I wondered several things:

 

How does elephant know when to press the side button on the chromatic?

Wonder if the elephant can do â the trainâ â all beginning diatonic players must master that

Wonder if the elephant tends to âover blowâ and thereby ruining  the reeds?

Wonder how the elephant does âtongue-blocking?â

 

Norman Vickers

Jazz Society of Pensacola  www.jazzpensacola.com

From: Mike Lynch [mailto:mikelynch1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:46 AM
To: Undisclosed-Recipient: ;@smtp105.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Subject: What's so hard about playing a harmonica? 

 

Itâs so easy even an elephant can do it.  (Donât shoot! I really am your friend.)

 

 

http://news.discovery.com/animals/elephant-harmonica-120503.html#mkcpgn=emnws1