Re: [Harp-L] Technique WAS (no subject)

["mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh my,   he's injected the Miles Davis Rule !
There's a point ....

Mikewilbur


On Sep 26, 2012, at 5:30 PM, The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> sayeth Michael:
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> "Emotion cannot be measured within a note sound."
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> answereth me...
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> "Oh yeah?  MILES DAVIS."
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> On harmonica, Jerry Portnoy is fond of saying how much emotion can be squeezed out of a single sustained note. The book provided with his wonderful "Harmonica MasterClass CD set" talks about the potential emotion contained within a single note.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wed, Sep 26, 2012 4:15 pm
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Technique WAS (no subject)
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> Emotion cannot be measured within a note sound.   Even if you could, a guy
> really feeling the blues playing very fast without signals that we as
> listeners have come to define as signs of emotion (ie little bends,
> vibrato, hand wah wah, double stops) would have more feeling in his fastest
> note than the best harmonica actor with nothing in particular to work
> through in his soul playing the slowest, most molasses dripped vibratoed
> and wah-wahed bent double stopped note.  I think you are referring to
> emoting, which is more of an actor's tool.  Okay, carry on as if I am crazy.
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
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