[Harp-L] Re: New technique

[Michael Easton <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A French player that visited the US a couple of years ago showed me a  
technique somewhat similar to yours Rick.
Said a famous French player showed it to him.

I don't recall if the tongue switching  effect was involved.  He asked  
me if I could play an octave and bend the lower or upper note in the  
process and then
demonstrated it.  I guess yours is a variation on that. Bending an  
octave is easy for me as well as tongue switching.  Mixing the 2 to be  
fluid might take an afternoon.

An easy way to learn your method is to start on the blow or draw  
octaves that separate the upper and lower register.  While the notes  
in one octave stay in pitch the other can easily be bent to produce  
the desired effect.  Mastering it to keep both reeds from bending  
without sounding sloppy will take some practice.

On Mar 29, 2013, at 5:08 PM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 2:19 AM, Rick Dempster <
> > rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> > > > > Dear All;
> > > > > Check out my first ever Youtube video, and see what you
> > > > > think:
> > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF2JGJX36zY&feature=youtu.be
> > > > > ....it's just a demonstration, not a performance!
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Rick Dempster

Take Care
Mike
www.harmonicarepair.com