Posted by Jim (212.164.1.170) on July 02, 2000 at 11:31:16:
In Reply to: Re: style posted by Peace on July 02, 2000 at 07:27:51:
: What's the point in being alive if you follow rules? You become a robot. There is no law saying that you must use the whistle method, and to limit people to it is wrong.
: There are no wrong ways to play harmonica, there is just 'better for you, better for me', the sooner people realize this, the sooner they will capture a little bit of the beauty withiin.
: Even though you harmonica purists may play technically correct traditional styles doesn't mean that's the only way to pla or the right way or the best way, it's just best for you. And this alternatvie method is best for me, (for the 8th time it's isn't the tube method, it's something different again)
: I hope that just because your method of playing is devoid of experimentation that it isn't devoid of soul also
The search for proper technique does not always lead to perfection, but the search for perfection always leads to proper technique. Deviations from one, therefore, are deviations from both.