Re: [harp-l] Tongue (was throat) vibrato

["Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: RE: [harp-l] Tongue (was throat) vibrato



> Yup again.  I went back and studied Howlin' Wolf's vibrato, which I think 
> is
> from his throat.  Wolf had the most pronounced and heavy vibrato I know 
> of.
> Very distinctive--I could pick him out in one bar.  But, in listening to 
> it
> closely, it doen't sound like a vibrato but a tremolo.  This is what I 
> find
> so intriguing about Chris' tongue vibrato.

Hi,
The Howlin' Wolf vibrato, like Cotton's, is really a combination of both 
throat a well as the diaphragm, and the hardest part of it to master is 
actually learning how to slow it down to the speed that they're doing it. 
Junior Wells' vibrato is more throat than diaphragm, but with an even slower 
vibrato than Cotton's, and that's the vibrato you hear on Muddy Waters' 
original recording of "Standing Around Crying."

Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
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