Re: [Harp-L] What happens when bending

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I made up a real quick test you can duplicate at home. 

http://www.elkriverharmonicas.com/sideventtest

Dave
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----- Original Message ----
From: Dan Berger <dberger1@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Harp-L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; Steve Baker <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2008 6:36:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] What happens when bending

Cool stuff deep throat!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Baker" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] What happens when bending


> In 2002 I served as guinea pig for a group of medical researchers in  
> the ear, nose & throat department at Hamburg University Hospital who  
> were investigating wind instruments. They stuck an endoscopic camera  
> through my nose and down into the throat in order to film the larynx  
> and pharynx from above while I played. An external camera with sound  
> recording filmed neck and head from the side. On the resulting video  
> it's possible to observe both bending and vibrato from inside the  
> throat. On the basis of this material I would say that although the  
> middle part of the tongue (which we couldn't flm at the same time)  
> clearly must play an important role when bending, the activity  
> definitely continues right down into the pharynx. The vocal folds  
> also play a much greater role than I had anticipated in articulating  
> individual notes as well as creating vibrato. I will be including  
> excerpts from this film in a forthcoming instructional DVD,
> 
> Steve
> 
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