Re: [Harp-L] A question

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxx> 
wrote:

if you're going to une overblows then make sure the harp is equal
tuned.  Just tuned and compromised tunings don't work well for obing.
The OBs tend to naturally come out on the flat side there's no reason
to hinder this with a harp thatalready has flat notes...

============Winslow:

Not sure I agree entirely. 

Some notes in just intonation are sharp relative to equal 
temperament, while some are flat. A beginning overblower will always 
play their oberblows a little flat regardless of temperament. An 
experienced overblow player learns to bend their notes into tune no 
matter what temperament they choose. 

A just or compromise temperament will offer the player more resonant 
chords than equal temperament. If they are playing a chordal style, 
esspecially a historical style like classic Chicago blues that relies 
on those chords and also on the sound of that temperament, then that 
temperament will still be the best choice, even when overbends come 
out initially a little sharp or flat relative to their pitch on an 
equal-tempered harp.