Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 23:18:34 -0500 From: Ron/datadigr Subject: Fwd: Re[4]: Harp on! / call for entries
Hello Jon,
I won't repeat your post but I want you to know that I respect what you said. Part of the confusion for me is the definition of "a beginner". What I meant to write about was someone (in my terms a beginner) who has decent basic skills but no real chops :-)
I remember when I started playing and I guess I had maybe two or so years behind me--I couldn't find enough good harp players to copy so I learned licks from Woody Herman, Pete Fountain, Alvin Lee, Jeff Beck, Red Norvo, John McLaughlin (sp?)...all sorts of rock, jazz and so on - --and these players were miles ahead of what I could do--but _parts_ of what they could do, I _could_ do...and I learned LOTS.
I think back and I would have loved to have had tab for stuff that, for one example, _wasn't_ blues...stuff that had much more melodic content.
That's why I see a value in tab for complex pieces far beyond the usual beginner level. So the player at varying levels can pick and choose and learn
Ron
- -- Best regards, Ron/datadigr mailto:r~ageserve.com
