Re: [Harp-L] Re: New technique

[Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for that Richard. Yeah....was a little rough. I'd been
procrastinating doing that vid. for ages. Was quite nervous about putting
it up, so in the end I did it quite impulsively, and quite chaotically.
Like I said, I'll attempt to follow it up with something a little more
organised. There are a lot of possibilities here, and I'm interested to see
what other players might make of it.
I've tried it on my old XB40s, but the damn things are so bendable that it
the technique is hard to control. Also, I would have liked to have seen the
XBs with chamfered round holes like some chromatics.
Those huge square holes are awful for tongue switching. Haven't got hold of
a SUB30 yet. Could be interesting.
Regards,
RD

On 31 March 2013 01:55, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I checked this video out today, very interesting stuff.  The only thing it
> has in common with Dave Gage's technique is that tongue switching is
> involved. At least the last time I checked him out, Gage uses tongue
> switching to create rapid back-and-forth motion that is incorporated into
> ascending or descending lines--for example, a line that's articulated as a
> series of ascending alternating 6ths.  Very different from what's going on
> here.
>
> Rick's technique certainly adds a unique sound to the harmonica
> vocabulary.  Any roughness can be excused as an inevitable byproduct of
> pushing the player and the harp to the limits of known technique.  Very
> cool and nicely done.
>
> Regards, Richard Hunter
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