[Harp-L] Bending intonation...the regular kind

[Mike Fugazzi <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx>]

Any tips for working on bending intonation?  I can hit
the available 2 and 3 (all three) bends in pitch, but
I don't like my intonation. I tend to articulate most
notes, especially bends and I don't know if that has
something to do with it.  I think I make a sort of "t"
sound with my tongue.

I think I have a "blues" intonation where I tend to
wail on the bends.  That's usually perfect for the
stuff I play, but after hearing some of the jazz cats,
I'd like to have better control.

Lately I've been playing a lot of 4th and 11th and the
three bends, while in pitch, tend to not sound right. 
I thought I was pitchy, but then I checked with a
tuner, guitar player, and bass player.

Thanks!



Mike Fugazzi
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"Music should be healing; music should uplift the soul; music should inspire. There is no better way of getting closer to God, of rising higher towards the spirit, of attaining spiritual perfection than music, if only it is rightly understood."
-Hazrat Inayat Khan


 
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