Re: [Harp-L] Re:looking for new inspiration

["ben bouman" <fitgo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I heard Howard practicing in Liége/Belgium ..he told me he liked doing 
"unusual" bends....
he showed me some, like 1-3 draw , first bending only 1, than 3 draw all 3 
steps combined with 1 unbent or bent a semi-tone.. the same for 2-4, 2-5, 
3-6 etc etc
He made some weird combinations. He did this also during hos solo gig and a 
lot of people were wondering what he was doing.

During a workshop in Klingenthal/germany he played a piece with combinations 
of  extreme wide splits, bends, intervals, sometimes playing the melody from 
the right corner of his mouth, switches to left ,bending 2 holes like 2/3 or 
3/4 simultanously.....
It's incredible how much control he has over the harp.....but he also told 
that he practices these splits/bend a lot!!

Ben Bouman

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re:looking for new inspiration


> What do you mean by split  bends? I'm sure if Howard Levy is doing it it
> got's to be cool though.
>  Maybe this is something else I can add to the unexpected things I  have
> learned by being on this list.
>        Randy
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> In a message dated 4/26/2007 6:08:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> Roscoharp@xxxxxxx writes:
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> actually  uses more unusual positions, overblows & overdraws,  octaves, 
> split
> bends,
> etc, etc...... & covers more musical ground than   anyone.
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