Shake Trill
Little while ago I wrote >. . . Harmonica vibrato in general is a volume vibrato
John Thaden replies
>>:Au contraire, Doug. The deep vibrato used (and overused) by blues players on
>>draw holes 1-6 is a true vibrato in the sense of pitch variation. We pull
::those notes partway into the bend, then vary air pressure by one way or
>>another. That pulls us deeper and shallower into the bend.
Right and wrong.
You are right about the blues 'vibrato', think I even mentioned it, either
there or elsewhere.
I was wrong in assuming that I had made it clear in that passage that I was
talking classical harmonica, I hadn't.
Does that make us both smell of roses? Thanks for the clarification John.
Douglas T
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