Jagrowler
71 posts
Dec 16, 2011
4:00 PM
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I am sure some of you will be looking forward to putting in alot of practice during the upcoming holiday period. No doubt you anticipate becomimg better players. Sorry, but I have some bad news.
I have tried to give as much notice as possible, and apologize for any distress if the revelation about the 10 Hour Rule spoils your holiday plans.
However, it has recently come to my attention that we are all fully developed harmonica players after 10 hours practice. You don't believe me? - look up www.harmonicacountry.com and go straight to lesson 9 - its official!
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FMWoodeye
132 posts
Dec 16, 2011
4:48 PM
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That's hilarious. Gonna be some might disappointed harp students, I'd say. Then they teach you "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," that harp classic rendered by all the masters.
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groyster1
1640 posts
Dec 16, 2011
5:32 PM
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how about a 10 year rule its more realistic IMHO
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eharp
1615 posts
Dec 16, 2011
6:43 PM
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thank god!
i can now stop worrying about my lack of improvement being tied directly to my lack of practice!
i think the same can be said about the today's youths driving skills!
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clyde
191 posts
Dec 16, 2011
7:48 PM
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jagrowler
that's not what it says
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REM
122 posts
Dec 16, 2011
8:04 PM
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Clyde, What do you think it was saying?
It says if you have practiced at least 10 hours, you can "consider yourself as having arrived at the master level of skill". Don't you think that's kind of insane?
For anybody who hasn't seen it, here's the entire explanation of this so called "10 hour rule":
"The idea is that you can learn just about everything you have to know to play melodies on a harmonica in about 10 hours of actual playing time. After the 10 hours your skills advance very slowly. Possibly your tone and expression improve a little. And your breathing rhythm also gets much better. But for all practical purposes others around you can't tell much difference between you and a more experienced player. In fact, I have heard the statement, "The only difference between the harmonica player who has played 10 hours and the one who has played 10 years is the number of songs they have memorized." You have probably passed the 10 hour mark by now. If so, consider yourself as having arrived at the master level of skill. From here on out it is just a matter of adding to the number of songs you have memorized."
Last Edited by on Dec 16, 2011 8:08 PM
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clyde
192 posts
Dec 16, 2011
8:20 PM
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i can only blame my lack of sleep for what i thought i was reading......
You are Right it does....i don't know how i missed that before. sorry about that.
there are a couple of things i do think he is right about.
"just about all you need to know about playing melodies" i would just about agree with that. it doesn't say you would be expert at playing. it doesn't even say you will sound good playing those melodies.
" But for all practical purposes others around you can't tell much difference between you and a more experienced player." he doesn't say others can't tell you from adam or sonny boy.
how many times have most of the harp players on this forum complained about most people thinking bob dylan is a great harmonica player?
Last Edited by on Dec 16, 2011 8:33 PM
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REM
123 posts
Dec 16, 2011
8:30 PM
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What do you mean it doesn't say that? That's EXACTLY what it says,I'm looking right at it. I litterally copied and pasted the quoted portion.
Here's the entire quote copied and pasted directly off the site:
"You have probably passed the 10 hour mark by now. If so, consider yourself as having arrived at the master level of skill."
Last Edited by on Dec 16, 2011 8:37 PM
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clyde
193 posts
Dec 16, 2011
8:35 PM
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i was ammending my post at the same time you were writing yours. old eyes i guess. sometimes i see what i think i see not what i really see
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STME58
58 posts
Dec 16, 2011
8:42 PM
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Some who are looking only at a site like that may soon learn a lesson like I learned as a young man learning about bicycle racing in a relative vacuum.
I had trained, I was fast. I wasn't just a little faster than everyone I knew, I was a lot faster. Even when my friends were riding mopeds (remember those) I could leave them in the dust. I had achived the "10 hour mark". I entered my first low level amature race with great confidence. I was dropped in the first turn and was never able to catch up with the pack! These guys were as much faster than me as I was than my friends.
It is amazing how great a difference there is in the skill level from novice, to intermediate, to expert, of just about anything and how many people who have achieved the "10 Hour mark" are deprived of knowing what is truly possible.
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Diggsblues
1118 posts
Dec 17, 2011
4:18 AM
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Wow in 10 hours you can master all the bends, overblows, overdraws, and have a beautiful tone with a great vibrato.
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Tuckster
919 posts
Dec 17, 2011
11:59 AM
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Im thinking that maybe they're referring to 1st position folk tunes? Even then,it's pretty laughable. Remember the old commercial for the game Othello? "5 minutes to learn,a lifetime to master."
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eharp
1617 posts
Dec 17, 2011
1:06 PM
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tuckster- that was on my 1st harp book that i bought. either jon gindick's or david harp's.
and it was accurate. with the play along tape, i was playing music in 5 minutes. it was actually chording to the music using a set breathing pattern, but for me- I WAS MAKING MUSIC!
now i'll see if i ever master the damned thing.
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Tommy the Hat
506 posts
Dec 17, 2011
2:21 PM
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Apparently I became great a few hours ago. Damn...I knew it!!
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