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Anonymous
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| posted: 4/2/2005 at 1:59:21 PM ET
I am jazz artist working to master the 10 hole diatonic harmonica which for jazz is somewhat uncommon and requires many over and under blows. Anywho, i just want to know what is the reason people dont want to class the harmonica like everything else and its regarded more as a tool than for what it can really do in the right hands. I want to know what can we (harmonica players) do to gain the same status in the musical world as everyone else. What needs to be done? Anyone???
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rocketeer1985mlm
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4/2/2005 | posted: 4/2/2005 at 2:02:53 PM ET
AMEN!!!! I am a blues/rock harmonica player. I have always wanted to get into jazz but all i have learned to play so far is just the diatonic. Your msg gives me some hope? What is your method for overblows and what harp do you use? I use the jaw drop but cant seem to get all the notes. Well im only 20 and still have 3 years left in the army so I have some time left before I can hit the stage. I love the harp. I wish more people would give it a try and really make music on it. It really isnt a toy.
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Anonymous
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| posted: 4/2/2005 at 6:36:16 PM ET
The Harmonica has all the acoustic properties of my backside after a round of refried beans and a couple of burritos. Give it a rest, folks; the Harmonica is trash.
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Anonymous
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| posted: 4/3/2005 at 6:58:32 AM ET
oh yeah, go listen to sonney terry and tell me thats trash, or go listen to stevie wonder and tell me his music is trash... the harmonica is music at its best!! You try and hit the diatonic scale with your rear... I'd like to see you use that in blues song and get it to sound good  It cant be done. The acoustic properties of a harmonica unlike any other thing out there. Yeah, we got a bad rep cause its so cheap and many find there way into the hands of unskilled children. If everything could be had for 5 dollars it would be the same for all music. Harp on friends who understand!
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Anonymous
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| posted: 4/3/2005 at 2:38:08 PM ET
Hey, I'll have you know that I *can*, in fact, hit the diatonic scale while breaking wind.
A few years ago, I started up an eperimental jazz band called "Flatus." Our goal was to take music back to its prehistoric origins by relying exclusively on natural gas(ie, flatulence) for our sound. We used no instruments and very few vocals - both melody and harmony were performed using our own natural gas. The results were mixed, but for those who "got it," "Flatus" was a very exciting experiment. Our first album, "Morning Thunder," sold iver 1,000 copies, which is pretty good in a city of only aprox. 6,000 people. "Flatus" broke up last year, but our bass player is still in business selling records under a label of his own.
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Anonymous
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| posted: 4/3/2005 at 2:39:32 PM ET
The harmonica sounds lovely. Will you stop being so mean, and I hope I dont see you at a concert after eating beans - unless it really sounds like a harmonica. But I think I will pass on that one! And it is NOT trash, even though I cant play it! Its not the harmonica, its the player.
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Anonymous
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| posted: 4/3/2005 at 2:49:32 PM ET
I can't find my bass player's site right now, but here's some information on a composer named Le Petomane who inspired our group. Be sure to check him out and see if you can find his music in your local record store:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_394.html
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Anonymous
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| posted: 4/4/2005 at 11:39:18 AM ET
Harmonica rocks!!!! Easy to learn... but one of the hardest to really master. Listen to this guy at www.tenhole.com for some great jazz on a diatonic overblow.
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