Re: [Harp-L] Blues Notes & Microtonality

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

Good concise, clean description.
 
To get a handle on this sliding sound and controlling it, try to simulate a  
cat crying - meeooooooooow - on hole 3 inhale. As Steve states, start slightly 
 below the minor 3rd, let the note rise up towards the "ceiling" and bring it 
 down again.
 
The cat crying could be a parallel to a moaning sound. It is the human  
emotion in the moan that grabs the listener when it is recreated in a sliding  
musical note - harmonica, slide guitar, synth w/pitch bend, human voice. This is  
an expression of blues heart, harking back to the day of slaves working in the 
 fields or the feeling of that woman having done me wrong.....
 
 
In a message dated 9/5/2008 5:45:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Just a  personal observation:

I see blue notes mainly as moving notes or slides  and use them to  
create tension by altering the pitch while I play  them, rather like  
how a slide guitar player would do. They usually  sound most effective  
moving upwards (eg from slightly below a minor  3rd through to just  
below a major third or the lowest bend in 4-draw  all the way up to  
the natural note), but can also sound good sliding  downwards. Exact  
pitch control of the bend and a smooth, gradual  slide are important  
to make this work,

Steve

Steve  Baker
steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.stevebaker.de
www.bluesculture.com
www.youtube.com/stevebakerbluesharp

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