RE: [Harp-L] David Barrett's Harmonica Scales Books



All,

In response to the thought of a scale being worthless, I beg to differ. That is like saying that a Piano does not need the black keys or pedals unless it is part of an orchestra. Scales are the music. Use of scales does, as wild bill hines mentioned,encourage muscular and mental growth in your search to be a better harp player. But the truth is, if you learn all the scales, you know where all the notes are. Like all the black keys and the pedals. What?A harmonica has pedals? Yes,overbends,double overbends. Studying with Daine Russell I have found 6 ways to play the same key on each diatonic, and started learning my 3rd position and 1st position better.Buy a Junior Wells CD and listen to it. You'll notice that in some parts,he is just playing scales with twists and good tone. I have a friend in Peoria, Chris something, who took lessons from the late great mister Wells and he had a very similar style. Scales are as scales does. Plus, you never know when you'll be playing a horn line and the trumpet player says A, D, F, Bb and you need to know where those are on the harp that you are playing in the major key of the tune.

Good luck.

John Merx,

Located near bill hines :)






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