Re: [Harp-L] Cajun Harp? - Jane Gillman

[Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak@xxxxxxxxx>]

Your right, Winslow

I had thought she played octave tuned harp exclusively, but that
cut--between your ear and the testimony below--is most probably played
with a tremolo harp:


I saw a lady named Jane Gillman ( http://www.jgillman.addr.com/ ) play at
the Bean Blossom Blues Fest last year. She played several different harps
including an echo. If I recall correctly she played them all through a neck
rack while playing the guitar or dulcimer. When she played the echo it
sounded great…almost like an accordion sometimes. She has some samples on
her website and I think the song Personne Ne Two-Step Comme Toi was played
with an echo harp.



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I guess she isn't playing pure Cajun harp (I'll have to check out the links
to J. Fontenot), but she does a pretty good job of sounding like an
accordion in a Cajun band.



Eric



On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On that specific cut it's a tremolo instrument, played with single notes.
> However, it sounds more like an accordion than a harmonica. The liner notes
> don't seem to be online, so it's hard to say conclusively.
>
> Winslow Yerxa
>
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
>
>