Re: Vibratos, Etc.

[John Santana <santana@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 5 Jun 1995 rocket@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> At 9:53 AM 6/5/95, John Santana wrote:
> >Note too that bending is always down,  so that vibrato on the harmonica
> >is always a shift between the main pitch and something below it.
> 
> Not entirely true. One could have a vibrato centered around a draw #3
> partial bend(i.e., centered on a Bb or A on a C harp). I've heard both
> Madcat and Howard Levy get true vibratos in this way.
> 
> Rkt

Yes, I suppose that's true,  for those who bend (mainly on diatonic) to 
get a *real* note,  then you could center a vibrato.  I was talking 
mainly about chromatic classical playing.
JS