Re: [Harp-L] Songs for practicing intonation? And Meanderings about Fun.

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

T.D's. (Tommy Dorsey's) OR Pinetop Boogies will give you a real workout in the first couple holes. All the bends are utilized. And most have to be hit 'spot on'. Right ON intonation from the get go. AND you won't have the luxury of a lot of time to do it in.  lolol 

smo-joe

On Oct 4, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Tin Lizzie wrote:

> It’s a pretty rude transition, from, “I can do this and it’s fun,” to, “OH.  THAT’S my actual place in the firmament.  Hm.”
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> Tin Lizzie (wrestling with it)
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> On Oct 4, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Jon Kip wrote:
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>> From: JON KIP <jonkip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: October 3, 2013 2:21:17 PM GMT-04:00
>> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [Harp-L] Songs for practicing intonation? And Meanderings about Fun.
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>> On Oct 3, 2013, at 5:31 AM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> Perhaps one attraction of the harmonica is that you can, with reasonable effort, play pretty well and have fun.
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>> And perhaps, and this is personal experience for me, you want to take it to the level of, say, a good professional flute player, or sax player....(I had no options there, as, in theory, and according to the IRS,  I'm a professional musician, and can only approach a new instrument the same way I approached the Regular Instruments... one of those blessing/curse things, I suppose. It's just what is.)
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>> Then, the harmonica is really, really difficult....and, when the goal is far away, or nebulous,  not so much fun.
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>> jk
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>> http://jonkip.com
>> where there are a few out of tune notes, and some that, for one reason or another, are pretty close.
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