Diggsblues
1386 posts
Jun 22, 2014
7:48 AM
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Sometimes as a harmonica player you may have to jump out
of your comfort zone. Getting people to drop their concepts of the role the harmonica is restricted to can take some doing. Here's a little attempt by me to open some ears.
I don't consider myself a classical player but it's just fun
to play. I guess studying with Robert Bonfiglio for over three years something stuck. LOL
Emile
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Last Edited by Diggsblues on Jun 22, 2014 7:49 AM
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robbert
328 posts
Jun 22, 2014
9:02 AM
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Very, very nice. Sounds challenging. I can hardly imagine myself playing anything remotely like this. Did you play the 2016?
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Diggsblues
1387 posts
Jun 22, 2014
10:56 AM
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Yes a 2016.
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wheel
291 posts
Jun 22, 2014
11:02 AM
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Very cool! Like it a lot!
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Konstantin Kolesnichenko(Ukraine)
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nacoran
7823 posts
Jun 22, 2014
12:26 PM
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I play a couple classical riffs. There isn't anything that much more difficult in them than a blues riff except that they don't repeat as much. (Of course, playing them with as much feeling and precision as Diggs does is another story!)
People should treat classical as 'scary' or 'hard'. It can be a lot of fun, even if you don't have the focus to master a whole piece, throwing the riff from Masterpiece Theater into a performance, or a little bit of Beethoven...
Great playing as usual Diggs. I can 'sight read' for the baritone, and even a bit for singing, but have never really applied it to harp. I really ought to, because my biggest problem remembering songs is remembering which section leads to which section- in blues and rock I just look at a lyric sheet, but most classical doesn't have lyrics. :)
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STME58
933 posts
Jun 22, 2014
12:52 PM
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Nice pairing with the harpsichord and very well played. Had the harmonica been around, I am sure Mozart would have written for it. It is well suited to chamber music for a lot of reasons.
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jnorem
307 posts
Jun 22, 2014
1:07 PM
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Hi Diggs, that was very fine indeed. So you studied with Robert for three years, did you attend Turtle Bay? I only studied with him for two semesters there, but I very much enjoyed it. He's the one who got me playing the 2016, still my favorite chromatic.
You inspire me to hunt down some sheet music, beginning, I think, with this piece.
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Last Edited by jnorem on Jun 22, 2014 1:08 PM
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Libertad
262 posts
Jun 22, 2014
1:31 PM
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Great stuff! Thanks for sharing.
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