Re: [Harp-L] Simultaneous blow and overblow

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

But Pierre, I'm actually lowering the bar. One of the big barriers to
playing a clean overblow is failing to make the blow reed shut up while
you're doing it. I'm putting out the welcome mat for artistic use of
imprecise technique.

Some thanks. Hmmph. :)

Winslow

--- Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Can you guys pleeeeeaaaase, pleeeeeaaaase stop raising the bar.
> 
> :-)
> 
> Pierre.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:17 PM
> Subject: [Harp-L] Simultaneous blow and overblow
> 
> 
> > Paul - 
> > 
> > To play a regular blow and an overblow at the same time in the same
> 
> > hole, you just don't completely isolate the overblow - your mouth 
> > resonance is specific enough to make the overblow sound, but not 
> > specific enough to exclude the blow reed's note.
> > 
> > I'm doing the simultaneous blow and overblow in Hole 1, not Hole 4.
> 
> > It seems to work best in Hole 1, where the blow note and the
> overblow 
> > note seem less likely to fight it out.
> > 
> > On a C harp, yes, this gives both C and Eb notes. You could use
> this 
> > as part of a C minor chord or any other chord that uses those two 
> > notes. In the example I go from playing C and Eb together in Hole 1
> 
> > to playing C and E-natural together by releasing the overblow as I 
> > widen my embouchure to add Hole 2 Blow to the the chord.
> > 
> > I've played around with doing it in Hole 3, which will give you G
> and 
> > C together. Why do that when Blow 3 and 4 will give you G and C?
> With 
> > the overblow chord, you can bend the C up to C# while holding the G
> 
> > (though the G will depress in pitch a little).
> > 
> > Hole 2 will give you E and G# together - part of an E major chord.
> > 
> > Winslow
> > 
> > --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Paul Bowering 
> > <paul_bowering@...> wrote:
> > 
> > Says Winslow:
> > 
> >>I've utilized a couple of extended overblow
> >>techniques - bending overblows up one semitone, and
> >>playing a blow and overblow at the same time in a
> >>single hole.
> > 
> > I'm currently sitting at a computer not equipped with
> > speakers so I haven't heard the sample. I can bend an
> > overblow okay but two simultaneous notes from a single
> > hole? That's way cool. Do I understand that you can
> > outline a Cm chord on Hole 4 (assuming a 'C' harp)? Is
> > it musical? Please explain the technique further.
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
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