Re: Switch-hand shakes

[Glennpearl@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 95-06-08 18:10:43 EDT, John writes:

>About Popper doing a trill with head held still, switching hands
>holding the harp, and moving the harp in an almost circular direction,
reported
>by Glenn:
>
>Moving my head doesn't work well for me now.  Too many years of that
>and now I can hear the neck vertebrae grinding when I do that.  What I often

Hmm...I already crack my neck a bit too much.  How long did you say you
played?

>do is grab the right end of the harp firmly between the thumb and couple of
>fingers of my right hand (I hold the harp in my left) and use my right hand
>to shake the harp.  
>
So you do the 'hand switch' method, too?  Do you find it harder to put in
'snap' (trill,warble, vibrato...pick one).  In other words, do you have to
plan for it and be ready to switch hands, or have you developed a smoothness
with it?

And do you move the harp totally horizontally, or does it move vertically as
well?

BTW, y'all, this U-block technique is something else!  Not ready to do much
with it at a gig, but its already stimulating new riffs, new songs!

-- Glenn