Re: [Harp-L] Re: Half valving for rack playing

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

Hey groovy guys and groovy  chicks ( snapping fingers with real dark sun 
glasses on), I have a question and  an observation. 
          Now this is just me  and my idiosyncrasies, but with my limited 
abilities with playing in anything  but 2nd position, I have found that it is 
much easier to play harp in a rack in  1st position. This surprised me 'cause I 
do just about everything in 2nd. I've  been working on some stuff (old and new) 
and after playing Sweet Virginia  transposed into G with a G harp in a rack, 
I thought that I would try and work  up some other stuff with rack playin'. 
I've done maybe 5 songs total with a rack  in my life so I 'aint comfortable 
with it, but change is good. (Get to the  point Randy) I'm working up some blues 
stuff I wrote and I'm trying to play in  2nd and doing all the predictable 
bends and so forth but find myself wanting to  play in 1st all the time. This is 
kinda like that rubbing your hair and pattin'  your tummy thing to me I guess. 
Sooooo I figure I'll just do what seems natural  and play 1st position for a 
while. I have two good A harps and I was thinkin' of  half valving one of them 
to see what that's like for 1st position playing. Can  yall hip me to what 
I've gotta do? I've asked this before but after living in  the 70's like I did 
my memory is just about shot..........where was I?  ............O yea, what 
kind of material can I use for a test to see if It's  what I'm looking for, and 
where do I stick the wind savers? I've been wanting to  play a valved harp for 
a while now and this has pushed my lazy buns into action.  I'm lookin' to be 
able to blow bend more without having to think about it too  much, 'cause I'm 
just not that good of a guitar player but I do love to play  one. I'm gonna be 
doing a coffee house thing by myself from time to time so I  can use all the 
help I can get. If this works out I'll end up buying some valved  harps but my 
budget at this time................what budget?????
        Call yall give me some  suggestions??
   
                                    Randy
                           BiscuitBoy Blues



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