Re: [Harp-L] re: vibrato

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 3/5/2007 8:04:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
BiscuitBoy714 writes:

 
In a message dated 3/5/2007 11:32:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
wolfkristiansen@xxxxxxxx writes:
 
       OK, does the vibrato you got going  sound cool? Does it make you want 
to play more? Then do it some more!!!!!  Relax and do it from your throat, let 
it go and listen to the greats, they  know what's up, when you wonder if you 
got it right, your there.
    Randy
We hear so many kinds of vibrato in the harmonica as
played by its  classical, jazz, pop and blues
practitioners. From subtle (Toots Thielmans)  to broad
(Howlin' Wolf). It's hard to say vibrato is exactly
one thing  or another. 

I happen to like Howlin' Wolf's vibrato, but many
would  find it overly broad.  A good example of his
broad, pulsating vibrato  can be heard at the start of
his song, "Sittin' on Top of the World."   It
contradicts the Funk and Wagnalls definition-- there
is nothing rapid  OR minute about his pitch changes!  

I think it likely that you DO  hear a modulation in
volume in the vibrato samples you are studying.   My
guess is that's because it's next to impossible to
modulate the pitch  without at the same time modulating
the volume.

Just my two cents  worth.









 
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