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From: JfGindi~ol.com
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 12:08:30 -0400
Subject: Re: Second position mystery, and positions

A friendly challenge to Mr. C who writes:

"I agree with Mic'l about letting the guitarist/etc. know immediately that
I'll select the harp I'm going to use.
I know he's just trying to be helpful, but it really shows that harmonicists
are not looked upon as "real musicians",

When a guitarist gives me the cross harp position instead of the key (I
usually already know the key cause I play guitar), I assume he's trying to
show me he knows harp, not that I don't know music. Am I being Pollyanna?

and I want to do all I possibly can to dispel this notion. It costs me money!


Am I wrong to doubt this? I think that the harp is not considered a basic
part of the ensemble as are piano,
bass, drums, guitar, vocals...and that's what costs harp players money. It's
a specialty instrument and creates a problem
in that it turns every song it plays on into a harmonica song.
I think the harp is looked on more as one would look
at the trumpet..nice to have but non-essential. It breaks my heart, but
that's how I read the situation.

Mike C. has also commented that if he doesn't show up at a gig
with a full set of harps, he's not considered a musician, or a real harp
player.' Perharps that's sometimes true, but could it be that musicians who
have worked with harp players before think that Mr. C isn't showing respect
for their gig when he shows up with only his C harp...and when he says "i
don't need anything else' that he's blowin' smoke? Once you start to play,
Ironman, doesn't that first impression change pretty quickly?

"Even if we play mostly second position it doesn't mean we're drooling
idiots. "

Hey, watch what you say about me drooling!