Re: [Harp-L] Howard Levy playing a 12 hole harp?





It is my understanding that each overblow can be bent up at least three semitones. I got this from Chris.



This allows a chromatic scale on the one and two holes as follows



C Db D Eb E F F# G Ab A Bb B

1b 1d* 1d 1o 2b 2d** 2d* 2d 2o 2o* 2o** 2o***


Simple for an alien


*  1 bend
** 2 bends
*** 3 bends

Pierre.



----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicolas Fouquet" <bbhcfr@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Ansel Barnum" <barnum@xxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Howard Levy playing a 12 hole harp?



Well, I know some people able to get a full chromatic scale on two holes on a richter diatonic! So, know that Howard is using a Bb harp but making it sound like a Eb would not suprise me that much.

Fred Yonnet told me one day He had Howard in his house and that Fred was playing and using a Bb harp (and people who have heard Fred know what I mean when I say that Fred is amazing harmonica player!!).they both were in the kitchen. and Howard was doing exactely the same things as Fred: sames notes, same speed, same intonations and articulations but Howard was using a:
A harp
That's pretty darn amazing!!



Froggy



Ansel Barnum <barnum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Does Levy use a 12 hole harp on America The Beautiful (from his "Live" CD)? There are a couple places (ie, at 3:55) where he seems to go off the low end of a standard 10 hole. I realize that for Amazing Grace he uses a low Eb, but for America he clearly switches to a regular Eb. If it's not a 12 hole harp, then either I'm musically deaf or Levy can create notes that don't exist.

Thanks,

Ansel

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