Re: [Harp-L] new youtube vid on vibrato

["groovy gypsy" <groovygypsy@xxxxxxxxx>]

the technique works on EVERY note.  You should be able hear it in the
sample of my playing.  In the first clip of my playing on the A harp,
there is a spot where I do a deep bend on blow 10 and then add vibrato
to cover up the intonation issue.

My biggest issue was making the video and being satisfied with it. I
must have made 20-30 videos.  Most of them were much longer.  I went
through every note but then started thinking who the hell is going to
sit there and watch that?  Then I had issues with the playing, me
stumbling all over myself and my "devlish good looks". I made a couple
that I thought were pretty good and realized I wasn't wearing a shirt
and hadn't showered. I mean, I had serious issues!  LOL. The biggest
thing with being in AZ is the heat and unless you want to pay $800/mo
on AC bills you keep your house at about 82F and wear less clothing.
If I can get over the nausea I might make an addendum to the video.

BTW- the technique also work with tongue blocking.  I demonstrated it
in my earlier renditions but cut it out because I'm not a fabulous
TB'er and because I thought it was overkill.  I'm generally of the
mindset that playing music and getting the notes matters more than HOW
you get them.

It's before 5am here at the moment, I have to train dogs to bite
people before it gets too hot and then I have plans to make another
video on getting a full acoustic tone, perhaps then I'll demonstrate
more on the vibrato again. Note to self: Wear a shirt and take a
shower.

One last thing, what ended up working best for me in making these vid
was my digital camera.  It's just a little Casio Exlim but it will
record 10minutes of video. I was quite surprised that it sounds and
looks ok.