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

[robert <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's helpful. Thanks.
WVa Bob

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On Sep 24, 2014, at 6:59 PM, "JON KIP" <jon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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