Re: [Harp-L] Melodica

[Chesper Nevins <chespernevins@xxxxxxxxx>]

He takes the mouthpiece off and just plays into the hole on the end,
which gets you that much closer to the reed.  It's still not that easy
to bend a note, but he seems to do it!

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Bradford Trainham
<bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for posting that.  I've certainly never heard anyone play that fast,
> that long on the melodica.
>  Was it just me, or does he occasionally bend a note?  If so, is there some
> technique with the mouthpiece that would accomplish a bend?
> I may have to, as someone else said "dust off mine" too.
> Brad Trainham
>
>
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>
> Hermeto Pascoal on melodica:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvtI_h_nE1g
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6maZJA0-Yc&;
>
>
> On 1/30/09, IcemanLE@xxxxxxx <IcemanLE@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Works great in a band setting, but not an "in yo face" volume band
> setting.
>>
>>  Nneena Freelon used to travel with a first class back up band, road
>> tested  and tweaked over a number of years to divine understated
>> perfection. They used  a  Melodica to great effect in a few songs -
>> not too many, mind you, but it  was the  perfect sound for a few
> understated tunes.
>>
>>
>>  In a message dated 1/30/2009 3:47:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> markwilson53@xxxxxxx writes:
>>
>>  I'm
>>  wondering how it would hold up in a band  setting.
>>
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