Re: [Harp-L] would this work?

[Rick Epping <rickepping@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> I'll go with Winslow on this one.  But there is a similar effect you might
be interested in, that sounds like a smooth bend or glissando spanning
something like a full octave.  I've only seen it twice, and was amazed both
times.  The first time was in a performance by Winslow, and later in a
video I saw of Chamber Huang playing the opening to Gershwin's "Rhapsody in
Blue".  Winslow explained the technique to me after his performance but I
never quite got it....

Best,
Rick

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> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:03:02 -0700 (PDT)
> From: mik jagger <harpomatic@xxxxxxxxx>
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> A bummer, but Winslow thanks for saving me some "screwdriver time" - I was
> just about to try it with my lowest and highest harp just to see... So you
> say that XB40 is pretty much at the limit of practical bendability? Like,
> going for a lower enabler reed would not do much -  Rick, do you confirm?
> Mik.
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> >>>No, sad to say, it wouldn't work. I've tried it.
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> Reeds have a limit to how far they will change pitch, usually in the
> neighborhood of three semitones up or down.
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> So let's say the high F draw reed will bend down to D and the low blow
> reed will
> bend up (in opening mode on a draw breath) to A-flat. That still leaves
> five
> semitones, from A to C#, where the reeds can't meet in pitch. Even if you
> could
> get two more semitones in bending range out of each reed, their pitches
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> still fail to meet and collaborate.
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> Winslow
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