Re: [Harp-L] Re:Some unique stuff

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The video quality is bad, that's for sure. My perception of that was very different. I can hear the Polyphonia making those runs. He doesn't pull out the chromatic until the very last seconds and that was just to make that full C chord at the very end of the song - of course there's zero chords on his Polyphonica. He doesn't switch until they make that chord. Maybe a third party could take a look at it also.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75hfsbGwqk8 ;

 
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 From: Michael Easton <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 10:49 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re:Some unique stuff
 
Dave,
I had to look at it several times due to poor image quality.  If Cappy is the guy second from the end beside the chord player take note what he does near the end of the song.
He switches off from the Poly to a chromatic which is tucked under his arm then back to the Poly for the last note.   He doesn't use the Poly on those fast runs at the end.

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> When you watch that, listen for Cappy's polyphonia lines. They are so complex, then near the end when everybody is playing the same lines, Cappy is matching note for note with awesome glissandos between beats. Cappy could very well be the most underrated musician in the history of the world. Nay, the history of the universe itself. I mean seriously, who has even come close to approaching his mastery of that instrument? Even remotely close?
> He plays the Polyphonia No. 5 (right?) as if it were a playable instrument. Anytime somebody says something seems exceedingly difficult to play- the XB 40 was the last such instance - I always say they could become the Cappy Lafell of it.
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> David
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Take Care
Mike
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