Re: Technical Innovations

["Ludo Beckers" <lazylew2@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

First that comes to mind:
Carlos Del Junco --effectively using overblows in a bluescontext

Ludo

>What contemporary (living) harp players have polished some technique of
>their playing such that this technique has become an essential part of 
>their
>overall style (on one or more CDs)?
>
>
>     Here are the ones I can think of:
>
>     Howard Levy  --Overblows   www.levyland.com/audioclips.htm
>      John Popper  --Speed
>     Richard Hunter   --counterpoint  (playing two distinct melodies at 
>once)
>www.hunterharp.com/
>     Dave Gage   --  Use of tongue switching to play octave jumps quickly,
>sort of like Eddie Van Halen's guitar tapping.    www.davegage.com/
>
>Can you think of any others?  Do you think any of these contributions more
>important than the others?
>
>         --Rick Beall
>             www.bluesharp.org

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