Re: [Harp-L] chrome book

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 2, 2013, at 5:18 PM, JON KIP wrote:

>> Subject: [Harp-L] Chrome Book
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>> Have any recommendations of books for a beginning chrome player with a little bit of Richter training and playing?  Everybody and his brother has written a diatonic or blues book, but the shelf gets pretty bare when you start looking for books on chrome playing.  What author would we call the Winslow Yerxa of chromatic harmonica books?
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>> Kelly
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> To get started in basic chromatic playing, I used tommy morgan's book. Turns out, it came with a coupon for  ten years of lessons from Tom.

Shirley you jest? 

> ..lucky me....  The book is pretty old, (but Tommy and I are older)..... but , if you use regular tuning, the notes are in the same places.

I heard that rumor.

> It also helps to  get a book on repair, and Blackie's is what worked for me.... Single note chromatic playing is basically common sense, and a few of the things that are not so common sense really need a teacher in the room with you, while some can be done on a skype situation, or even alone, I guess.... Probably are far less than 20 fundamental ideas to learn and the rest is just practice, as they become second nature...Then ANY book for flute will be just fine

I used my old trumpet & clarinet books. But then I was holding a Bb 270. lolol

> , if you play the three octave chromatic... for learning to read the notes and to find them on the instrument....I've heard of people playing longer chromatic instruments, and I think violin music has that range, but I'm not sure.
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> None of that is a big deal... except the practice part and being fortunate enough to have a teacher in the room with you, just like regular musicians have always done, can't beat One-On-One education. Who would have thought that being able to take live lessons from a master of your instrument would become such a luxury?....... perhaps I'll put those less-than-twenty things together some day all written out, but not today....none of this means I've mastered the instrument, I just know the process.
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> SO I'm not sure if everybody and his/her brother has written a book about diatonic harmonica, I'm not even sure if Tommy has a brother, but if so, I'd bet he didn't write a book on diatonic...
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