RE: R: [Harp-L] Rick Estrin, is he left handed?



 
I too am right handed and hold the diatonic in my right hand. I was self taught for the beginning years, so I diddn't realize that the "correct way" for a righty was to hold the harp in the left hand. I've tried to hold the harp in my left hand, and it's very unconfortable for me. I do hold the chromo in my left hand, it feels comfortable and it's alot easier to hit the slide! I really can't see any drawbacks to this technique with the diatonic, I can still get the hand effects I want, work the cup, and i've got pretty decent tone so "if it ain't broke don't fix it".
 
 
 
 
 
> From: riccardogrosso@xxxxxxxxx> To: michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: R: [Harp-L] Rick Estrin, is he left handed?> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:43:58 +0100> CC: > > Well I think that it depends on which side of harp you are working...You> hold the harp with right hand, playing on the left side on the lower> notes...you do the wah wah with the left hand...in my mind the wah wah thing> get more powerful, because you are doing that exactly in front of the part> of the harp you are playing, so the wah wah get stronger, more defined. But> that's only my little idea about that. > > -----Messaggio originale-----> Da: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] Per conto> di michael rubin> Inviato: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 4:57 PM> A: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> Oggetto: [Harp-L] Rick Estrin, is he left handed?> > I was watching a RIck Utube where he was playing into a vocal mic and> he held his harp in a strange way, the low notes appeared to be on his> left but he was gripping the harp with his right hand while wah-wahing> with his left. I have seen Rick play a million times yet never> noticed this before. Is he left handed? Anyone here play that way?> DOes it create a dinstinctive tone?> Michael Rubin> Michaelrubinharmonica.com> _______________________________________________> Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org> Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx> http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l> > _______________________________________________> Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org> Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx> http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l
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