Re: [Harp-L] Re: 4th position & a bit about 10th

[Larry Marks <larry.marks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill wrote:
> Cheers Larry
> The main thing about 10th is you need to overblow the root (4ob) and 
> the 5th (6ob), if you can get it In a Sentimental Mood can be a killer 
> harp tune, great for generating what I call the 'pin-drop moments', 
> you know when everything goes quiet, somebody talks, somebody else 
> says shush! and you get a great big warm feeling inside.  You could 
> swap harps for the bridge I guess but I could never get the hang of 
> juggling myself.
Well, I use valves, so I can't overblow at all. I use 2 blow bend as the 
tonic - very stable note. No problem from there.
> I totally agree with the Iceman's comment
> "It may help to consider thinking not so much that the tonic IS a 
> bend, but rather that it is  a NOTE created through a bend technique."
>
> In my view, we should always think notes - or intervals - and not 
> bends or holes.  It's also really good to train your ear to recognise 
> and be able to play specific intervals, there are ear training 
> programmes about, I use Earmaster (although not enough I must confess) 
> and there's an ear training facility in Band in a Box.  The Aebersold 
> Dominant 7th Work Out is a very good practice tool for this sort of 
> thing too, I find.
I agree totally. I think intervals. I have practiced various arpeggios 
to be able to move around without thinking of holes and bends - I can 
just hear it.

 -LM