Re: [Harp-L] Re: Miss You live 1990

[Philharpn@xxxxxxx]

The old Fats Domino records were released with the original recordings were 
"speeded up" to make his voice slightly higher so it would sound younger. 

This made it difficult for piano players (and others) to play along with his 
records unless they had variable speed turntables (that allowed for slightly 
faster or slower speeds) to make the recordings "play on pitch." 

(Some DJ's thought this was funny, because the music would sound like Fats 
was "playing between the cracks" on the piano. But most piano players could 
figure out that either Fat's piano was out of tune or the record was speeded up.) 
One of my phonographs had a "strobe" so you could adjust the turntable to an 
"accurate" 33 1/3 rpm or 45 rpm or 78 rpm by siimply swisting a knob.

The Alvin and Chipmonks recordings were all speeded up (if you play them at 
half speed they just sound like regular humans -- not cartoon characters.)

The various "slow down" software programs would allow you to adjust the pitch 
on a CD -- maybe somebody else knows how to change the pitch on a youtube 
playback. Somebody said Windows will let you slow down a video -- but I never 
figured out how.





In a message dated 10/27/07 7:31:57 PM, shocklee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> Sergei wrote:
> 
> >>The studio version is played on a D harp, and it does work very well
> with a G harp indeed. However the version on this youtube video seems
> to be neither:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ggKkK3xu0 <<
> 
> I don't hear the difference -- maybe your ear is sharper than mine?
> Some studio songs are recorded out of key. Some Stones songs are like
> that -- I don't know why.
> I just noticed this recently on "Land Down Under", the Men At Work song.
> Seems like it's in G (or should work with a G harp), but the harp sounds
> slightly out of tune when playing along.
> 
> I haven't tried playing Miss You with a D harp -- I don't keep one within
> reach. Probably easier to get that tone with the higher-pitched harp.
> 
> Thanks for the video link -- great version, great stage act, great song.
> 
> Shockley
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