RE: [Harp-L] Another Miracle request

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
That business about genetics might not be so out-dated as you think.
Mad Cat Ruth can move his tongue in a right-to-left motion giving us a
delightful "shake".  It's delightful, all right, but my tongue won't move
that fast from left to right. 
But I seem to be fortunate enough to be able to do the draw trills you're
asking about. 
I use the side of my tongue.  I relax the side of the tongue such that the
force of inhaled air causes it to move.
I'm not deliberately moving any muscle, just applying air, so really,
control of the whole sound comes more from controling the volume of air
hitting the tongue than anything one does with the tongue. 
The more relaxed the side of the tongue, the slower the "oscilations". 
I'm only able to use the left side of my tongue.  I can get the same
vibration on the right side of my mouth, but when I try to play harp, it
just doesn't work. 
Also, if my tongue gets too dry from all that air passing over it, the trill
doesn't happen, or if the vibration happens, it doesn't sound like what I'd
want. 
Good Luck!
B-rrrrr-ad T-rrrr-ainham
 

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Dennis Alters
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:39 PM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] Another Miracle request

Hi,

A few years back I asked and you all delivered a step by step method for me
to learn to trill. That is to roll my r's on a blow note, chord or octave.
Now can someone give me some advice how to do this on the draw notes please.
Why do I call this a miracle? Outdated wisdom used to endorse that the
ability to trill was genetic and could not be learned.  So to me that is a
small miracle. Can I have another please?

Many thanks


Dennis "Doc"Alters

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doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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