Re: [Harp-L] 3-hole draw goes flat without trying

[Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can't agree Larry. The history of diatonic belongs to the  wild vernacular,
the picaresque. If you can't teach yourself, go to the conservatorium and
learn cello...... hahaha! (that's how it sounds when I larf...howcum
everyone else goes 'lololol these days?)

On 1 February 2013 02:03, The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> <<I'd been forming my bad harp habits in solitude for about 3
> years.>>
>
> This is why I feel it's DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS to start an undertaking like
> learning diatonic without a certified teacher.
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Casterline <garycasterline@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 12:06 am
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] 3-hole draw goes flat without trying
>
>
> Yup.  It's probably software (myware).  Winslow actually mentioned this
> when I took his class at the Jazz School here in Berkeley last Fall -- "I'm
> hearing a little bend there." -- when I was supposed to be playing straight
> draw notes.  I'd been forming my bad harp habits in solitude for about 3
> years.  Maybe my ears are improving a little anyway.  I'd been carrying a C
> SP20 most of the time.  The 3-hole cooperated fairly well, though I had a
> hard time finding 3 half steps in there.  I must be starting quite a bit
> under the unbent note so there isn't as much left to bend down to. Now I've
> picked up a G to carry around and work with.   I might just be learning
> what I need to do with a lower harp.
>
> Thanks.  _Gary
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> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
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> > Don't know how long you've been playing, but when I was teaching
> > regularly, I would always tell people experiencing this kind of thing to
> > allow air to pass through the nose as they drew in. If the note bends
> under
> > those conditions, then there is something wrong with the hardware, not
> the
> > software (ie you) It's usually the 2 hole, rather than the more
> resistant 3
> > hole bend that does this kind of thing.
> > It could of course be a combination of you and the instrument, in which
> > case you may like to try gapping the draw 3 reed a little higher (active
> > word here is 'little')
> > RD
> >
> >
> > On 29 January 2013 18:18, Gary Casterline <garycasterline@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
> >
> >> The 3-hole draw on my G special 20 seems to want to bend down too
> easily.
> >>  If I'm real careful and keep my mouth completely neutral and don't try
> >> for
> >> any volume at all, it's about right.  As soon as put even a little more
> >> power into the draw it dips into a bend without any change in my mouth.
> >>
> >> What should I look for if I take it apart?  Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks!   _Gary
> >>
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