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Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:02:42 -0500
From: Glenn Weiser
Subject: Re: Harp on! / call for entries

Douglas Tate wrote:

> At 09:52 AM 02/23/02 -0500, Glenn Weiser wrote:
>
> >At the end of the day, I still think the inclusion of tab in books is
good
> >because it makes things beginner-friendly.
>
> Beginner-friendly is great... but would you completely tab a harmonica
book
> containing Richard Hunter solos? I'm not talking about the occasional
> indication of a new technique or a sign that this particular note is done
> using this reed double bent etc. I'm talking full tab... so the beginner
> can do them? Do the major publishing companies insist on full tab in
this
> sort of situation? That would be rather like having full fingering,
> string and note values written on a violin concerto.
>
> I'not fighting here, just curious and a bit aghast at the possible answer
:)
>
> Douglas t

That's a perfectly fair question, Doug, but you better grab your smelling
salts
before reading on.
I tab everything, myself. People are much more likely to buy any harmonica
book
at any level if it has tab. And as I said before, I know of no American
harmonica editions currently in print that do not have full tab, but there
may
be some chro editions somewhere without it. If Hal Leonard wanted tab for
Little
Walter, they'd want it for Richard Hunter or any other any transcribed
artist.
Everyone else is the same as far as publishers go. Tab is pretty much a must
here for any harmonica book.
I also finger everything in my guitar editions, too, except repeated
passages
where the fingering has already been given. To me, it's going the extra mile
for
the player rather than a compromise of artistic standards.
I should also add that my veiwpoint has been shaped in large part by my
teaching
experience.

- -Glenn Weiser