[Harp-L] All this Positions and Modes stuff

[Michael Rubin]

In my opinion the reason why members have dropped out because this thread
began is because this is an email list.  Suddenly, with the action, they
are receiving a pile of emails!  Too many emails!  Get me out of here!

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 1:10 PM Joseph Leone <3N037 at xxxxx> wrote:

>
> > On Oct 29, 2018, at 7:50 AM, Aongus Mac Cana <amaccana at xxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have the greatest respect (not to mention gratitude) for all the
> > contributions made to this topic.
>
> So do I
> >
> > I am however becoming afraid that "the Owner" may throw us all off the
> list
> > like "The Great Comb Debate" if we don't stop now.
>
> Well, considering that the L has been a wee bit stale for the past 1 1/2
> years with posts being down, I don’t see why. And just because members?
> have dropped out
> doesn’t mean that much. It is a time of the year when people get busy with
> other things. Plus the question arrises: ‘were they actually contributing?’
> OR were they guests.
> >
> > In any case I now have 20 pages of text to try and edit into a coherent
> and
> > useful document. Wish me luck!
>
> The only problem I have with this subject is that I know several people
> who can elucidate on and on about positions, modes, scales, structures.
> Mixolodian, Fridgedaireian,
> Acrophobian, etc., but they can’t play. I mean, ok, yeah, they can play
> but they don’t ‘have it’. In an effort to not be too uncharitable I
> hesitate to use the word boring, so I
> will try bland. Sometimes I think players pay too much attention to the
> hole and not the donut.
>
> smo-joe
> >
> > Beannachtai
> >
> > Aongus Mac Cana
> >
>
>