RE: [Harp-L] bending on a solo tuned harp & Vermont harp group?

["Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

you would have more "missing" notes with draw bends only on a solo tuned 
diatonic
(without overblows) than on a Richter tuned diatonic.
my advioce: get a C chromatic and learn it inside & out in the key of C & G, 
introduce slide notes as you need them. As an added bonus, a good chrom can 
bend every note a 1/2 step.



Michael Peloquin
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> From: Clair Dunn <cadunn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] bending on a solo tuned harp & Vermont harp group?
> Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 09:01:08 -0500
>
> Hi --
> I've read that for a beginner (a poor one), a good intro to the chromatic 
> is a solo-tuned diatonic. I read music and this appeals. BUT, I tried to 
> find references to bending for this animal and came up empty.
>
> My logic tells me that you can bend to get sharps (and flats). Is this 
> true?
>
> If you can, does anyone have recommendations for a solo-tuned harp?
>
> Thanks much.
>
> AND, while I'm at it, does anyone know of a harmonic "club" or group in 
> Vermont? I live in the NW part of the state.
>
> Cheers,
> Clair
>
>
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