Re: [Harp-L] Leaf Musician

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 11, 2010, at 2:10 AM, Vern wrote:

> I recall someone suggesting (partly in jest) that a single-reed  
> harmonica was needed with all the notes obtained by bending.   This  
> fellow has accomplished that with a tree leaf instead of a brass  
> reed.  It is a demonstration of the power of embouchure.
>
> When I was a kid, we would blow a blade of grass held between our  
> thumbs and make a squawk whose pitch we could change by varying the  
> tension.  However, it was nothing like this.
>
> I speculate that he would have a terrific tone if he ever took up  
> the harmonica.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dTeQwf488&feature=related
>
> Vern
Oh boy, we're ALL in trouble now. I even found a guy in there that  
looked like Venky.

Smo- I don ha to cho ju any steenkin badges- Joe
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