Re: [Harp-L] HARMONICA PLAYING Arabian nights Belly dance music!!!!

[Randy Singer <randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i listened to his other selections.

he sounds completely different (more amateurish) on his other  
recordings which would indicate the Vern's sharp observations are  
correct.



On Feb 14, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Vern Smith wrote:

> That is great harmonica music and I enjoyed listening to it.  
> However, it isn't being played by the magician in the video. Even  
> allowing for a delay between the audio and video, consider the  
> following:
>
> The activity of the slide and the music do not agree at many places  
> in the piece.  In the introduction, he is trilling away on the slide  
> and no trill is coming from the harp. Then at the end of the  
> introduction, there is a real C-C# chord trill in the music when his  
> hand is not even near the button!  He wants us to believe that the  
> trill emerges from a dramatic opening and closing of his hand cup.
>
> I think that it is easy to go along with his excellent drama,  
> especially if you don't play chromatic.  The guy is a magician and  
> is having fun deceiving his audience yet again. We are having fun  
> revealing his deception.  ;o)
>
> I wonder who really played the excellent harmonica music?
>
> Vern