From: David Harp Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 02:09:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re:David Harp on Education Fundamentals
On Mon, 15 Jul 1996 JfGindi~ol.com wrote:
> You wrote... > Maybe a Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior structure for organizational > purposes would work well. Remember at each levels skills need to be satisfied > for the player to advance to the next level. (Does SPAH have anything like > this?) > > I learned to play harp, because I hated school! Please don't put me back in > the classroom! I couldn't stand this standardization of what a harp player > is supposed to know. > Next, you'll have to apply for a license...Jon
Right On, Jon! D'accord, mon ami!!! AS I believe it was SBW#2 pointed out so trenchently:
"We got to stop dis sig-ni-fy-in'...sooooome-body's got to go.
\ \ \ 3 (4) 4b 4 4b 3 (4) 3 2
\ \ \ \ 2 1 2bb 1 (1) 1
Hole Numbers in parens (4) = breathe out Hole Numbers without parens = breathe in Slash shows where beat falls "b" means bend one half step
Sorry if it sounds judgemental, but I think that some of this "quantification urge" is mostly that mean old signifyin' syndrome. Because once we have a nice easy classification system, some of us (and I sure used to be, and still can be, one of them) will use it to look down on those below, and enviously aspire towards those above.
I love to see people play. Beginners who can bArely crank out a semi-coherent twelve bar solo after a few minutes of instruction please me in the same way as does listening to a toddler put words together to communicate. If anyone wants to create a harp hierarchy, I'll learn about it. But I'd rather have folk know where the ladder is, and which direction is up, than have 'em worry too much about just which step they're on...and which step YOU'RE on.
With some tongue-block in cheek, but not too much, David (Late night work avoider) Harp
