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From: "Barry B. Bean"
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 96 17:17:29 -0500
Subject: RE: re- Trivia

On Mon, 14 Oct 96 21:49 +0100, Siegfried Naruhn wrote:

>Hi BBB and Mattias,
>
>I need help to imagine how it would look to play a harp upside down

>I would like to make my understanding precisely clear. If the upside of a harp
>is considered the mouthpiece, then I see two possibilities to play a harp
>'upside down'.
>
>1. The mouthpiece holes are averted from the player's face...>
>2. If this should not be possible, the player has to perform a headstand to play...

>Am I right that the latter is meant? This would correspond to the reading of the
>sentence: B. Rush plays the harp upside down = he's upside down.
>
>I ask this absolute seriously though like good jokes.

Well, you didn't consider the third option - he plays with the lowest
notes of the harmonica on his right, instead of the more common
position (low notes to the left). There's no particular reason this
should make much difference, but its an interesting little factoid.

I like the idea of standing on your head to play - I play on my knees
and on my back, but I've never managed a full handstand. May have to
add that to the act.

BBB

BBB

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