Subject: Re: [Harp-L] hold diatonic right or left hand???
From: madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:55:31 -0400
To: jrumbaug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
If you are playing the harp with the low notes on the left and high
notes on the right I HIGHLY recommend holding the harp in your left
hand and using the right hand for cupping.
If you want to play the harp with the low notes on the right and
the high notes on the left (upside down), then hold the harp in
your right hand and cup with your left.
Cupping the low end sounds better than cupping the high end.
Peter Madcat Ruth
Musician - Grammy Award Winner
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On Mar 14, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Jim Rumbaugh wrote:
simple answer
use your left
more complex answer
(FOR DIATONIC)
If you wanna play blues, or do some chugging sounds, the majority
of your notes are in the low end of the harp, holes 1 through 6.
It's easier to put your hands around those holes if your left hand
holds the harp.
Jim Rumbaugh
Hello Folks,
It doesn't get more basic than this. Before I read any book,
viewed any
free lessons, I picked up my diatonic to try it out. I, more or
less
naturally for me, put it in my right hand and cupped with left.
So does the left/right hand matter? and why?
Al