Re: [Harp-L] Way Over My Head: Good Bye Pork Pie Hat

[Pierre <slavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I assume you're a pretty good player and therefore should be able to do 
this, so I would say, check the gap on your 2 draw. I suspect the gap may be 
too wide causing too much air loss and poor response.

Practice Bb major scales at high speed (and low speed) on the Bb harp 
starting from 1 blow. I do this daily on a C harp to strengthen my 
diaphragm.

Pratice bending 2 hole all the way down slowly and back up with fat tone (no 
loss of signal). Same goes for 3 hole. Vibrato during this exercise is good 
too.

Pierre.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "maurice richard libby" <blues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 1:40 PM
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Way Over My Head: Good Bye Pork Pie Hat


> I jave a hard time hitting that whole note bend consustently-at least it's 
> just a passing tone, so I could just let it pass--but I'm a little too anal 
> for that ;-)
>
> I'll try the G .
>
> thanks,
>
> maurice
>
> At 10:57 AM 11/05/2005, Chris Michalek wrote:
>
> > The Eb is the 2 draw whole step bend
> >
> >
> > I play that song on a G harp in 11th position.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >---- Original Message ----
> > >From: blues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Way Over My Head: Good Bye Pork Pie Hat
> > >Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 10:51:39 -0600
> > >
> > >>
> > >>I'm getting in way over my head I am attempting to play the Mingus
> > >tune
> > >>"Good By Pork Pie Hat" on diatonic. The Fake book  version is
> > >transcribed
> > >>in Ab (it's actually a blues in F) and I've been playing it
> > >basically in
> > >>second position on a Bb harp. Mostly it;s pretty easy but some of
> > >the bends
> > >>are a litlle tough. There's an E natural (16th note passing tone)
> > >that
> > >>requires a really quick accurate bend on the 2nd hole draw. But for
> > >the
> > >>life of me I can't figure out how to get an Eb on the lower octave.
> > >>
> > >>i'm only mentioning this because it's all your fault--if I hadn't
> > >>subscribed to this list, I never would have even thought about
> > >attempting this.
> > >>
> > >>My big problem is that I've scheduled this tune as part of our
> > >regular
> > >>repertoire, (hitherto I've played it on guitar, but know that we
> > >have a
> > >>full time 2nd guitar I'm able to play more harp).
> > >>
> > >>Any suggestions? a better position on a different harp? buy a
> > >chromatic?
> > >>
> > >>thanks y'all
> > >>
> > >>maurice
> > >>
> > >>maurice richard libby
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