RE: [Harp-L] Throat Vibrato

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My vibrato is simply a series of little bends and it works on EVERY
note on any harp. My vibrato is different than most players but I
think it works easier and sounds better with more evenness.

It's best to start with Hole 5 and then draw 6. then draw bend 3 (A
on a C harp)




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>---- Original Message ----
>From: samblancato@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Throat Vibrato
>Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:47:36 -0400
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>>Hi Folks,
>>
>>I have inquired about the following subject on Harp Talk, another
>list but I
>>thought I'd give it a shot here as well.
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>>The Subject is throat vibrato.  I am a pretty good harp player.  I
>put my
>>self at the upper end of intermediate, bordering on advanced.  I can
>do lots
>>of stuff: very nice controlled shakes, very nice tongue blocking,
>laughing
>>vibrato, tongue switching.  In many ways I'm happy with the way I
>play and
>>I've played for years.  But throat vibrato- man, I just can't seem
>to get
>>this down and I feel it's holding me back.  It's not that I want it
>so much
>>for the straight vibrato thing, but you have to have tb to do
>certain other
>>things getting vibrato on a hard bend, for instance, or killing a
>not with a
>>little twist at the end.  These things are real hard for me to do
>because I
>>can't do tb.  On Paul Butterfield's cover of Blues With A Feeling,
>there are
>>lots of tb spots.  I can play this cover note for note but for the
>little
>>bits of tb and it bugs me not to have this.
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>>If anybody can give me any pointers on this I'd appreciate it a lot.
>Some
>>folks from the other list sent me a sheet on how to do tb but I have
>to say
>>the instructions seemed more for laughing vibrato than tb. TBm, for
>me is a
>>major hurdle for me to overcome. I never had any trouble learning to
>bend or
>>tongue block or tongue slap, pull slap. But Tbs proving to be a real
>>challenge.
>>
>>Sam Blancato, Pittsburgh
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Chris Michalek
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