Re: [Harp-L] Vertical Dyslexia

[Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can't help Elizabeth I'm a arrow up or down kinda guy but I would love to see a world standard.

Mike Wilbur



On Aug 31, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Tin Lizzie <trackharpl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I cut my teeth on the kind of tab that David Barrett uses in his publications, also used by Jimi Lee:  Since we mostly draw (in blues, anyway), a plain number means to draw on that chamber, and a number with a â+â sign after it means to blow on that chamber.
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> Lately Iâm working on some material with more conventional tablature.  Those up and down arrows are killing me!  Blow is the lower note on the first six chambers, but the arrow points up!  When I inhale/draw, I think of drawing air âup and inâ, but the arrow points down!
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> Iâm aware of the mnemonic that if you hold the page flat, the arrow points in the direction of the airflow, but reading the tab end-on is not working out so well for me.  I expect Iâll acclimate with time and practice, but does anyone have any other mental model or trick that makes thinking about it easier?  Would someone at least tell me that Iâm not alone in this?  (Maybe I just need an ounce of cheerleading, today.  Thanks.)
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> Tin Lizzie
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