RE: [Harp-L] Octaves on the Chromatic harp

[Ryan Hartt <rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I was learning Chromatic octaves I put tape over the middle three holes and tried to stretch my mouth to get the octaves. Once I got the feel of it I took the tape off.
Ryan

> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:14:22 -0800
> From: abcdeasy@xxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Octaves on the Chromatic harp
> 
> Just looking for some tips on getting those big 5 hole octaves to ring
> out or beat against each other ala William Clarke, Rod Piazza, George
> Smith.  Every now and then I can get them to ring or beat but really
> have to eat the harp and pretty much loose control of everything.  I
> once asked Mikey Junior about this and his advice was to "eat" the
> harp.  Mikey can get those octaves to beat nice and loud. I literally
> have to bite the cover plates to get my mouth to stretch wide
> (horizontally) enough.   Am I approaching this the wrong way?