[Harp-L] Re: Larry Adler movie

["Dave R. Fertig" <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

As always, thanks for the great stuff.

Watching Adler's hands move as he plays always reminds me of Sonny 
Terry, who used his hands quite articulately to shape the sound waves 
coming out of his harp.

I 've seen it written that such movement as Sonny Terry's has little 
effect beyond the show of flourish, but I believe it's indisputable 
that Terry's & Adler's often extravagant  hand movements can really 
influence the texture of the sound.

Of course, both Larry & Sonny also became so lost in concentration 
that they moved their hands as much to dance as to shape soundwaves.

Who said, "shape every note"?

-Dave Fertig

ps: yer site's great, Tom!


At 06:01 AM 2/15/2006, you wrote:
> From: Tom Ball <havaball@xxxxxxx>
>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Larry Adler movie
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:55:10 -0800
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Just stumbled across a great Larry Adler movie on the net. Check out:
>
> http://ia300227.us.archive.org/3/items/folk_song_nocturne/1.mov
>
> cheers,
> Tom Ball