Re: [Harp-L] Keep it all?

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good point. I find that a significant part of my student population is folks for whom learning to play the harmonica is a bucket list item, and they're finally getting around to it in middle age. They'll remember On the Road Again (either the Willie Nelson tune or the Canned Heat one of the same name) and other tunes of similar vintage that feature harmonica.



Winslow Yerxa
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From: Shirley Rowe <robertrowe2@xxxxxxx>
To: Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: harp-L list <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2012 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Keep it all?

Keep. Old farts pick up the harp for the first time every day. I know 'cause I qualify.  Are all of your students 20-something's?  :)

On Nov 1, 2012, at 3:00 PM, Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> TO: HARP TEACHERS
> (all music teachers, for that matter)
> 
> QUESTION
> As you add new charts and tunes to your library, do you ever go back and
> toss anything really old, and never called-for? Or does your file cabinet
> simply expand indefinitely?
> 
> EXAMPLE
> Willie Nelson's On the Road Again, was once a hip tune for students, but
> not today with 20 year olds.
> 
> Robert Hale
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