Re: [Harp-L] Vertical Dyslexia

[JON KIP <jonkip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

middle ground? Sure there is... the majority of musicians use it all the time.... you read music, you use your ears....multi-tasking's finest hour.

Perhaps you're saying that ONLY being able to play "from notated music" is not a good thing.

I agree. 

I also happen to believe that using tabs is not all that helpful, for all the Regular Reasons. 


jk, chromatic harmonica collector, or so it seems.

http://jonkip.com


On Sep 1, 2013, at 1:29 PM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> My disdain of harmonica tablature induced me to become a total ear player.
> 
> Even though that has its own set of issues, that's helped me to learn how to and be comfortable with improvising. I have guitar buddy who cannot play ~anything~ by ear, let alone improvise anything. Even though he is an excellent fingerstyle player and a joy to play with, he has to score things out and practice ad nauseum before he can play it. I'm the opposite. I can pick up and play most any tune by listening and playing along (any tune that is diatonic in nature -- I'm not an overblower), but my renditions are rarely the same.
> 
> I still don't know what approach is best but there doesn't seem to be much middle ground.  :^)
> 
> Michelle