Re: [Harp-L] Upper register

["Bob Laughlin" <rlaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh jeez. Now the world knows about my hemmorhoids.

BL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Ross" <robertaross@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Laughlin" <rlaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Harp L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Upper register


> LOL...me too!
>
> Those three notes, just to be clear, were NOT feedback. They were
> just those upper register notes that I never heard played properly
> before, at least not close up and in person. I always flet that those
> notes were too screachy or something, but Billy showed me that they
> could be played with a lot of tone and style. Billy is a master of
> tone, and he makes those screachie (when I played them) notes sing
> like an angel.
>
> - Robert
>
> --- Bob Laughlin <rlaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > offlist:
> >
> > I don't like hot pepper. It makes my hemmorhoids burn,,
> >
> > BL
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Robert Ross" <robertaross@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 2:37 PM
> > Subject: [Harp-L] Upper register
> >
> >
> > > I'be been playing on and off for 35 years (more off than on
> > sometimes
> > > I admit), and until this year never used the upper register. It's
> > > different, hard to get used to and hard to fit into what I am
> > used to
> > > playing. Basically, looking back, I just didn't know how to do
> > it.
> > > Then I met personally one of the harp greats, Billy Burns. When I
> > met
> > > him he was asked to sit in for a song with a local group. He went
> > up
> > > to the vocal mic, which was set far too hot for him to actually
> > use,
> > > and he played just three notes. They were some of the most
> > amazing
> > > three notes I ever heard, and they were all in the upper
> > register.
> > > After that he backed off the mic so far you couldn't even hear
> > him
> > > because it was set up wrong. Afterwards I introduced myself and
> > we
> > > have since become great friends. I repaired a couple of his mics
> > (got
> > > to see what Rod Piazza actually does close up) and in exchange he
> > > gave me a couple of rare tips (he doesn't talk much and isn't
> > > interested in teaching). I love the few rare gems he shares my
> > way
> > > once in a great while - and take them very seriously. So he
> > shared
> > > with me how to start using that upper register. o now I am...not
> > as
> > > much as perhaps I could but I am still not totally confident up
> > there
> > > - but am getting there. It's HOT! Used [properly, it's like
> > adding a
> > > special spice, like a hot pepper or something, to a recipe - too
> > much
> > > is no good but none at all starts tasting a little bland. So the
> > > truth is all this time I made excuses for not using the upper
> > > register it was just that I didn't know how. Once you start
> > getting
> > > the hang of it, I suspect you'll find yourself using it more and
> > more
> > > (just not too much).
> > >
> > > - Robert
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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