Re: [Harp-L] Re: harp vs. guitar

[tacopescado@xxxxxxxxxxx]

There are chords on harmonicas as well.

I know my way around a guitar but I'm Gumby when it comes to making  
music with it. OTOH, I have great visualization which helps  
tremendously when playing harmonica. I forget which famous harmonica  
player said "the harmonica is the blind man's instrument" implying  
you can't see what you're doing.

I have a friend who's never had a day job because he makes a good  
living playing music professionally. He plays several string  
instruments very well especially guitar and mandolin. He also plays  
keys and accordion well. He's been playing harmonica for more than a  
decade and I've given him dozens of lessons and tips but he still  
sounds like a rookie. He understands the tuning, music theory and  
bending techniques but can't bring it all together with the harmonica.

The question is kind of like what's harder, to be a great writer or a  
great mathematician?

Taco in Baja


On Oct 25, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Zack wrote:

> Guitar, there are chords.
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Mike Fugazzi  
> <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I was told by a guitar player who went to Berklee, got a scholarship
> > to go to McNally-Smith, and is now moving to TX to get a Master's in
> > Guitar Performance that learning to play harmonica well is way harder
> > than guitar.  The techniques are harder, the resources are fewer, and
> > the amount of people able to play proficiently with other  
> > musicians is
> > very little.
> >
> > He wasn't referring to getting to his level of guitar playing
> > either.
> >
> > On Oct 25, 11:19 am, "John Dekker" <jdek...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Overall, which would you say is harder to learn, the harmonica or  
> > > the
> > guitar?
>
>
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