Re: F Harps

[Robert Gaustad <rgaustad@xxxxxxxxx>]

I learned to play harp playing Sonny Boy and Paul
Butterfield records over and over and over again.  I
loved it whenever they played stuff in C (F
harp)because I dug that bright sound you can get from
the harp.  I've never had any fun playing the low F,
though.

When I jam with bands, the most fun I get is when we
play fast, loud shuffles in the key of C so I can wail
on my F harp.  The Lee Oskar's are particularly well
suited to this because of their inherent brightness. 
But I can still get down low and do some great rhythm.

Robert Gaustad
San Rafael, CA

- --- Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Sonny Boy II played F harp a lot. It's been awhile,
> but Decoration 
> Day on the "shoe" album (More Real Folk Blues) was
> on a high F, as 
> were several others he recorded for Chess -
> Temerature 110, Nine 
> Below Zero - put on any of his albums and there's
> bound to be at 
> least three and they all sound great. He uses the
> brightness and high 
> pitch of the instrument to wonderful expressive
> effect without ever 
> being shrill.
> 
> Winslow
> 
> --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tim
> Bennett" 
> <timbennett@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> I'm searching for inspiration...
> 
> What are some of the best songs you can remember
> where the harp 
> player used
> second position on an F harp (key of C). I know a
> lot of guys use the 
> low F
> harp but I'm looking for solos done with a regular F
> harp.
> 
> Any favorites? New or classic!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tim Bennett
> Indianapolis, IN
> 
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