Fwd: Re: BENT Slow Vibrato

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

- --- Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:55:29 -0800 (PST)
> From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: BENT Slow Vibrato
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Andrew Wimhurst writes:
> 
> >I had left out the important detail in my post
> -
> >I'm looking to achieve a slow vibrato on a
> bent
> >draw note. I don't have any problems on unbent
> >notes...
> 
> Ah, NOW you tell me.
> 
> Bent notes pose a challenge for pitch-based
> vibrato, because pitch-based viibrato is a bend
> in itself, and can create problems for a
> sustained bent note. Either the pitch of the
> bend
> becomes unstable, or it starts to break up into
> a
> series of separate notes instead of an
> undulating
> long note.
> 
> Players have a variety of approaches to this.
> Howard Levy, for instance, will use a tongue
> ibrato on bent notes, in effect saying
> yoy-oy-oy-oy-oy.  Cupping and uncupping the
> hands
> is another wave-inducer that will not disrupt a
> bend. 
> 
> My favorite way of doing vibrato on bent notes
> is
> to use diaphragm vibrato - the hah-hah-hah that
> comes from the muscles just below the peak of
> the
> ribcage. To feel the in action, try panting in
> and out rapidly like a dog. Done repeatedly in
> one breath direction, this makes a series of
> little air puffs that can put a wave in a note
> without affecting the pitch.
> 
> Once you get the knack of doing diaphragm
> vibrato
> while playing a bent note, you can start adding
> the tiniest bit of throat vibrato, sort of
> riding
> on top of the diaphragm vibrato in trace
> amounts.
> This allows you to re-introduce an element of
> pitch variation into the vibrato, without
> letting
> it overwhelm the bent note.
> 
> Winslow
> 
> 
>
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