Re: [Harp-L] random contribution to the list regarding a note.

[Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All so true...filling the note completely would be a large percentage of what we call " tone "
Sometimes not finding tone would be about rushing.
This have been a valuable exchange thank you   M

Mike Wilbur


> On Sep 25, 2014, at 10:10 AM, The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> You touch on an interesting aspect of music.
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> So often musicians are focused on the attack and creation of a note. Once they verify that it is a good note, they are thinking ahead for the next one to play, even while the current one is "hanging in the air", or the duration.
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> If one stays in the moment for the full duration of a note, it may be shaped better from start to finished. The next note may be allowed to happen more organically.
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> I prefer this approach to making music.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: JON KIP <jon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wed, Sep 24, 2014 6:57 pm
> Subject: [Harp-L] random contribution to the list  regarding a note.
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> Admittedly, I'm not a diatonic player, just a woodwind player gone astray and 
> playing so-so jazz on the chromatic,just for the fun of it (yeah, that's enough 
> to have you stop reading right here),  but I do, at times, find good reading on 
> this list and thought I'd add a random bit of information for anyone interested, 
> interested in feigning interest, or only interested-adjacent, regarding the 
> playing of a note. Any note. In a phrase, out of a phrase, or just on a dare of 
> some sort, or to annoy your dog.
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> I've been listening to some samples (the old usage of that word) of some players 
> and it seems that, in more than a few cases, the ends of the notes are just 
> disregarded.... at times, each note sounds like it's both started and cut off 
> with the tongue...even on slow tunes...
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> My sixty + years at this silly "let's try to make a living playing music and 
> never have a Real Job" thing, tell me that both  ends of notes are important.
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> this is not a rant, but an educated observation, that might be somewhat helpful. 
> Or, of course, simply annoying and "who does he think he is?" kind of thing. (On 
> my website, there's a page called that, if anyone has too much time on their 
> hands. That page was included in the site because, at times, I forget who I am).
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> envelopes, it turns out , are not only for electronic sounds. How a note is 
> ended can really be a thing of beauty , or , you know, the other thing.
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> ok, end of what I hope isn't perceived as a rant, rather than what it really is 
> .....practice-avoidance on my part
> jon kip
> http://jonkip.com
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> player of music, mostly written by dead people and played on a toy that 
> everybody's Uncle except my nephew's has the good sense to keep safely out of 
> sight in a drawer.
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