Re: [Harp-L] Re: upbend

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hoity-toityness?  You're going down!  ;)
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:18 PM, <BluzeHarp@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> The terms overblow overdraw and overbend are very confusing  for many
> beginner and even intermediate level players, a quick  dig into the
> archives is
> all that's needed to confirm this.  I  proposed upbend as a way for the
> name
> of the technique to more closely describe  what the technique actually
> accomplishes... bending the pitch of a  played note upward.
>
> Sure, the reeds are doing stuff that could cause you to make the  argument
> noted below, but the issue at hand is the confusion created  by the current
> terminology.  The goal wasn't to present a scientifically  precise
> description of what happens beneath the cover plates, but instead  to
> create a term
> that would more clearly describe the end result of the  upbend technique...
> something a beginner could make some sense  of.
>
> Michael Ruben (who teaches a lot of players) independently proposed
> 'ascended bend', which is the same thing with a couple extra  syllables.
> Michael's hoitytoidyness aside, I guess there's at least  two of us who
> see the
> current terminology as needing repair.  In any case  if you say them
> backwards
> I'd much rather be asked to bend up  than to bend over.
>
> If there's a still better description floating around that gets  the point
> across I'd be all in.
>
> Christopher Richards
> Harmonicaplanet.com
>
>
> In a message dated 2/11/2014 7:42:12 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> All full  bends are 'up' bends.When you draw hole one down to C# on a C
> harp, you are  playing the blow reed in reverse, exactly the same as an
> 'overbend'. The C  reed plays in reverse as C#. Only the partial bends
> could
> be called 'down'  ie Bb or A at draw 3 on a C harp.
> So, no, sorry, I wouldn't adopt that  term.
> RD
>