[Harp-L] overblow intonation

[Roscoharp@xxxxxxx]

Hey list,
   As Richard Hunter often points out, ANY bent note is difficult to get 
precisely intonated, and there are also timbre problems from note to note. This 
seems to be a bigger deal to some people & in some kinds of music than others. 
Howard can pull off his concerto perfectly to my ears, but maybe not to Richard 
Hunter's or Robert Bonfiglio's.  Chris Michalek points out that vibrato can 
help fudge pitch - I find this to very useful in playing all bent or unbent 
notes including 'overblows' (& overdraws)-- & I like the sound of a good vibrato 
anyway. 
  Having written that, I still think it is possible on a well set up harp to 
get the overblows, overdraws & bends  in tune, at least to my ears. Chris can 
usually do it, George Brooks is very good at it, as are Allan Holmes, Carlos 
Del Junco, Jason Ricci, & others I'm forgetting.
   It's probably very relative:  ' in tune' and 'perfectly in tune' are two 
different things........


later, Rosco
maybe august