Re: [Harp-L] Harpie on vibrato and tremolo (2. attempt)

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 3/16/2007 5:09:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
BiscuitBoy714 writes:

 
In a message dated 3/15/2007 8:18:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
 
       Man, just as soon as I read this for  some reason the song "It's Only 
Love" by ZZ Top jumped into the tape player in  my head. How could I forget 
about that song? Nobody ever says anything about  Billy Gibbons as a harp player 
but I can tell you he sure taught me a lot. I'm  not sure what album that 
song was on but I know I pretty much quit listening  to them after Tres Hombres. 
(3rd album) There's a break in that song where  Billy hits the down beat each 
time on the harp as the drums and bass keep it  going. He holds the note with 
vibrato, tremelo, panache whatever you want to  call it. That was another one 
where I learned how to do this. Man that was a  cool song, I have tried to 
copy every instrument on it. I've gotten close  on the others but I kept doing it 
until I nailed the harmonica part. There's  good harp on all 3 of the first 
ZZ Top albums.
     BiscuitBoy Blues
         Randy

Dear  Reeders,
time for me to chime in again. Much as I like words, we  have let the 
obsession with these two divert the discussion from its real  purpose. So let's drop 
'em for the time being. In fact, confusion about the  literal meanings is what 
led to the prodigious exchange.
It was  the question of the effect created by the vibration, oscillation, 
pulstaion  (or something; I still don't know for sure) of the diaphragm. 
The heart of the matter is, can the diaphragm alone produce a rhythmic  
oscillation of pitch (yeah I know...I don't like it either, but words, or  more 
likely my hung-over brain fail me) or simply make the volume go up and  down? 
(that's better)
I think we all appreciate that the  hand-cup produces only the latter effect, 
with the added characteristic of  raising and lowering the treble. So does 
going 'boi-oi-oi-oing' with your  tongue.
When I can take a geezer at the Youtube clip (who was it  again?) of the 
demonstratio of 'diaphragm vibrato' I'll get back to you  all.
Till then'll repeat, I can find no way to produce the  throat/choke vibrato 
with the diaphragm alone. If I cause my diaphragm to  pulstae, it only causes 
an oscillation of volume.

Over  'n'out
RD







 
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