Re: [Harp-L] Bending draw 5

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Little Walter certainly did nice things with bending Draw 5 on both Juke and Off the Wall.
Any reed will fatigue if you give it energy that it can't efficiently dissipate through vibrating normally.Playing too loud for the reed will stress it, and so will playing with an oral resonance that the reed can't respond to, as the mouth is tuned to a note the reed can't sound. Trying to bend a note beyond its bending range is one instance of impossible-to-match resonance. The reed will bend so far, and dissipate that energy through vibration. Try to push it farther and you'll just stress the reed.
Winslow

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--- On Mon, 9/13/10, Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Bending draw 5
To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, September 13, 2010, 10:26 PM

OK, bear with me . . .
The tuning we all love, that most diatonics are tuned to, has a half step
difference between the blow and draw on hole 5.
So you can't bend the note down too much . . .
How much do y'all incorporate any shading that lowering draw 5 produces?
And am I right that real damage can be produced by trying to bend it beyond
the physical limits?
Just curious . . .

Gary