[Harp-L] Something I've Started Noticing

[Eric Chard <jeric@xxxxxx>]

At 05:49 AM 3/18/2006, you wrote:
> I'm wondering about something I've started noticing with regards to the
> pitch of my harp playing.  I started playing along with two songs I have on
> CDs the other day, LW's "Juke" and James Cotton's "You Don't Have To Go".  I
> sound off; in pitch.  Juke, E calls for an A harp.  Can it be that these
> cuts were recorded slow so that when played back for recording they are
> slightly higher in pitch or do I need to tune my harps up a hair? - just to
> brighten up the pitch a little?  Has anybody ever noticed this sort of
> thing?
>
> Sam Blancato, Pittsburgh

Rather than the drastic step of working on your harps, which may not 
work and screws them up for other use,  you could use the FREE audio 
processor AUDACITY (widely available and FREE) to  change the pitch 
of your recordings.

Famously, AUDACITY allows you to change speeds  with or WITHOUT 
changing pitch -- it may be it can let you change the pitch without 
changing speeds.  The speed change to correct a tuning is small 
enough that it should affect your tempo significantly

No promises, but it's a lot easier than retuning your harps.



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