RE: [Harp-L] Blazing fast Country chops

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> Tony Wrote:

........For example, moving the bottom part of your jaw to
> reach an adjacent note generally takes less effort than moving hands or
> head. Brendan Power does this a lot: if you watch him play, his lower jaw 
> is
> moving constantly.
>
>
> Tony Eyers
>
> Australia

Glenn wrote:

> Great point, Tony. I just played some fiddle tunes to see if I was doing
> this myself, and damn, my lower jaw was shaking from side to side like
> Elvis's hips! I just never realized it. Thanks for elucidating this.
>
> Glenn Weiser

That "jaw flick" that Brendan Power first put me on to is also an invaluable 
technique for getting ornamentation into the playing of Irish tunes.  I read 
somewhere that he picked it up from the Murphys of Wexford.  I find it much 
more reliable than shaking the head or the harp (though I don't always 
practise what I preach - yet!)

Steve

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/trad_irish_harmonica

Steve's CD of mostly traditional Irish,  "Blowing Through The Reeds,"  is 
now available!  Hear clips at http://www.gjk2.com/steveshaw/cd.htm

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