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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:18:27 -0500
From: Glenn Weiser
Subject: Re: harmonica tab

> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:35:19 -0800 (PST)
> From: jazmaan
> Subject: harmonica tab
>
> Winslow wrote: "Notation describes the result, while tab describes the
physical process
> that is specific to an instrument and even a specific tuning."
>
> This reminds me of a pet peeve. Why does standard harmonica tab always
use the same
> symbol for a half-note bend, even when "the physical process" for
achieving a half-step
> bend will differ from hole to hole?
>
> I want my tab to tell me what to do physically. Using the same symbol
for half-step
> bends no matter which hole it is, imparts no information about how to
physically
> achieve that half step bend. I'd prefer the symbol tell me whether to
bend a
> particular reed to its full capacity, 1/2 its capacity, or 1/3 its
capacity.
>

Tab is indeed instrument specific, but I have wonder here at part of
Winslow's definition, "the physical process".
Tab doesn't always tell you if a string is played with a pick or the
fingers, or if a reed is played tongue blocked or puckered
(other indications can do that, tho), so I can't see how how that part of it
holds true. Perhaps Winslow could explain a little
further here.
It could also be that I've failed to divine his meaning.

Glenn Weiser
http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/harppage.htm