groyster1
2272 posts
Jun 22, 2013
3:51 PM
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although adams you tube lessons,HCH 2010 &2012 and this forum have been a big help to my harp playing,I feel I will never ever be satisfied....the skill level of people in this forum is way beyond me....but maybe you feel the same way....cant be satisfied....
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Frank
2506 posts
Jun 22, 2013
4:13 PM
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The day one becomes satisfied with their playing is the day their skills truly begin to decline :(
BTW...my computer is still having serious problems loading this site - must continue to persevere, onward christian soldier :)
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SuperBee
1245 posts
Jun 22, 2013
5:57 PM
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And I just can't keep from cryin'
On the very difficult to watch video featuring jr wells talking about harmonica, there is at least one coherent message from mr wells, which amounts to 'don't let anyone piss in your pocket about how well you play'. That's just today, there's always more to learn, you can't reach the point where you know it all, can do it all.
I'm a mediocre player, but I'm far better than I aspired to be when I started out. As you get into it, achieve a few goals, learn more, you start to realise there is more, and it can seem daunting but its just this process. I remember when learning a new tune could actually make my brain hurt, to the point I'd have to stop playing. It wasn't a headache from hearing my bad playing! :0) actual brain-strain. But now I can pick things up much quicker. Brain plasticity is quite interesting I think. Now the little theory I've picked up seems like common knowledge to me but its not really very long since I didn't understand scales, what an arpeggio is, how chords are constructed...
I think it's a very healthy activity to be involved with, and achievement is only a small part...truly a field where the journey is the goal. Or some sh1t like that. I think it will keep me going til I'm ready for a long dirt sleep.
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didjcripey
567 posts
Jun 22, 2013
6:07 PM
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True that, and ditto
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Last Edited by didjcripey on Jun 22, 2013 6:08 PM
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Frank
2507 posts
Jun 22, 2013
6:19 PM
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I agree, it's all about incremental perfection... and things that seem impossible today will one day become second nature...As amateurs, which most of us are on this site, progress can seem slow - but our skill level and ability will surely increase as we continue to daily pick up the harp and forge on. Yes, the impossible will eventually transpire :)
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BronzeWailer
1039 posts
Jun 22, 2013
6:42 PM
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Similarly in awe of the masters on this forum. Excellence is an ever-receding horizon which I will never attain. But isn't the travel interesting?
BronzeWailer's YouTube
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groyster1
2274 posts
Jun 22, 2013
8:43 PM
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yes wailer it sure is....but damn sure love to blow harp.....
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FMWoodeye
679 posts
Jun 22, 2013
9:10 PM
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It's all perspective, isn't it? I idolized Corky Seigel. Now I can nail every lick he's played in all his albums. Now, I can't PERFORM like Corky, but I'm a better player than I originally aspired to be. I guess it's like the old west. There's always a faster gun.
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Frank
2508 posts
Jun 23, 2013
3:26 AM
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“You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.”
~Michael Jordan
“If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.”
~John Wooden (10 NCAA championships in 12 years at UCLA)
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
~John Wooden
“If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.”
~Isiah Thomas (12-time NBA All-Star, 2 NBA championships)
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eharp
2111 posts
Jun 23, 2013
4:56 AM
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i am doing my best to lower the bar for people like groyster.
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groyster1
2277 posts
Jun 23, 2013
5:30 AM
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thanks eharp....
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Littoral
922 posts
Jun 23, 2013
6:04 AM
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I'll emphasize honoring what is you, musically, whatever it is. That sounds like pure cliche' but how we personally translate it isn't, that's individual. I figured out what I do well, really well, and I've learned to use it more over the years. I have to admit that it took at least 20 years and serious work to come around to that but it is a bit of a revelation to have confidence about what I (me) have to say. A lot of it is, for me, about recognizing what I do well and allowing it to shine such that I can say what I mean to say.
Good thing I have a harp to do it, this english language words thing is a pain in the ass.
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colman
251 posts
Jun 23, 2013
9:33 AM
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I`ve been playing 45 years,i did a lot of woodsheading the first ten yrs. and i learned the blues language. since the mid eighties ,i most of the time just play the harp,improvise with the blues language,and don`t really practice,just blow. also playing a guitar keeps me working on that because it has a lot more involved to know it well.
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The Iceman
938 posts
Jun 23, 2013
10:14 AM
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My favorite advice for rapid advancement...
"Get thee to an inspiring one on one Teacher"
Secondly, consider FMWoodeye's advice...pick a recording artist that moves you and immerse yourself in what he does for a bit. (Have to admit that Corky was my original harmonica hero way back then).
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