[Harp-L] Written music for harmonica

[Leonard Schwartzberg]

Gary...... As a fellow snark, I agree with you 100%.   If you want to play an instrument (HARP), you need to read all the instrument newspapers (TAB, Notes, whatever).  How you use or apply the info varies, and should vary, greatly.

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From: Harp-L [mailto:harp-l-bounces at xxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Lehmann
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 11:00 AM
To: harp-l
Subject: [Harp-L] Written music for harmonica

Unless you can remember everything (and I can't), it helps to have visual
cues.
That's why we write things down. (Milk, eggs, butter)
Diatonic harmonica is a transposing instrument, so the C4 (or middle C) on
an F harp is in a different place on the G or C.
That can make reading music (staff notation) for diatonic troublesome. I
bet if I had to do it, I would find the beginning note and read by
interval, but I seldom have to do this. Chromatic harmonica is where
reading staff comes into play most often for me.
But music is more than harmonica, so it's worth at least investigating the
way it is written for other instruments.
Unless you just don't care about music, and just want to play the
harmonica--wow, am I being snarky?


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