Joe Feeney
Clinton
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I've just renewed for another year.
Harp On
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| Posted: 26 Sep 2011 16:21 Back to top |
David Ashlock (Hobostubs)
wagoner
Posts:1279
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you know were starting to put in the years of a real college student here,(getting there PHD);-)Oh well at least the tuition is affordable.
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| Posted: 26 Sep 2011 19:53 Back to top |
Joe Feeney
Clinton
Posts:1242
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Yup your right who would have thought.
Simple harmonica I'll be in and out of this school tops 6 months......LOL>>>>>
Maybe 6 years.
Oh well it's fun.
Harp On!!
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| Posted: 26 Sep 2011 20:05 Back to top |
Gunsmoke
layton
Posts:638
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IT REALLY TAKES YEARS TO GET TO THE EXPERT LEVEL. AND WHEN A PERSON GETS THEIR THEN HE JUST STARTING TO LEARN.THAT'S WITH ANYTHING.JUST HAVE FUN GETTING THEIR.I'M NOT EVEN THEIR.LETS SAY 20 YEARS SORRY.AND WHEN YOU
PLAY THAT YOU WONT BE HAPPY,YOU WANT TO GET BETTER.AND THAT IS GOOD.YOUR DOING GOOD AT YOUR PLAYING.BUT WELL WANT TO GET MORE. WHY NOT SHOOT FOR THE TOP.
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| Posted: 26 Sep 2011 20:20 Back to top |
David Ashlock (Hobostubs)
wagoner
Posts:1279
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yea I made out a plan when I 1st started for 6 months i be though this course lol,then i changed it to a year,Now im like i have no idea;-),I havent even studied,anything new In last few months just been working on,adding embellishments to the tunes ive learned,All the tunes i learned playing with tight single notes,but here lately ive been trying to play them using dirty notes by bleeding in a side note or 2,It sounds cool to work them into a tune,have some mixed with the single notes,Its hard though for me at 1st cause im so used to playing clean single notes,but it does add to a tune,and im trying to get more hand effects in to my notes on the tunes,makes a fast celtic song kinda of bluesy;-) but Im having to retrain my muscle memory;-)
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| Posted: 27 Sep 2011 00:41 Back to top |
Tony Eyers
Lilyfield
Posts:775
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I've been at it for 32 years. I still have heaps to learn.
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Peter Mahony
Yangebup
Posts:79
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Tony, I've got one of your 32 years behind me. In 31 years I'll be 100. I wonder if I'll still be playing a harmonica by then ... or perhaps playing a different type of harp.
Pete.
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| Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:25 Back to top |
David Thomas
The Gap, Queensland
Posts:2482
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I read somewhere that to be a music maestro it takes 10,000 hours of practice. That's over 27 years of 1 hour a day practicing 'stuff' ie scales and arpeggios etc.
Tony, you must be close to the mark, or have been having far too much fun?
For me it's enjoying what I'm at and also enjoying the journey. My expectations are not high other than to learn some (not every day) and have fun.
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| Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:35 Back to top |
Tony Eyers
Lilyfield
Posts:775
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For the first 15 years I didn't practice much. However I was lucky enough to spend 6 years leading an excellent blues band.
Then I got on to bluegrass, around 1995. It soon became apparent that I would have to practice hard. So I did.
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