RE: Subject: [Harp-L] sax-trumpet cross training

[robert <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Very nice playing Grant! And I  like the band, too...
WVa Bob
 
> From: grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Subject: [Harp-L] sax-trumpet cross training
> Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 18:36:18 -0700
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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> Trumpet…Harmonica…Hmmm
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> Magic Dick  plays a triplet on the harp, sometimes,  that reminds me of the trumpet tongue technique. 
> I learned this as a young boy playing trumpet in an orchestra…But quit at a young age.
> Block hole tongue is different … than purced lip tongue….puckering is more like a trumpet….dut-dut -dut, dut-dut-dut….in rapid succession is a technique; I  do not hear much of this in harmonica playing ( as many of us play the same stuff)...
> and don't want to sound like I think I'm all that….but this is something I do from time to time…for a little flair.
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> The diaphragm support of notes is the same for trumpet or singing….tone…IMHO
> getting even value notes . or going loud to quite….long notes…and if you add a whah whah trumpet mute that you put your finger over….it is even more similar…a certain brassiness can be found…on a harmonica…
> Can I play the harmonica like louie Armstrong……not even .…
> But I think it helps that I played Trumpet….as a kid…
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> In the orchestra …we sometimes played in minor keys…( latin based arrangements) and this has definitely helped me to find 3rd position easier than
> my friends who had to buy the minor tuned harmonica before they could "hear" the other position.
> We've all Got to give charlie Musselwhite much of the credit for opening my / and others' ...ears to this one…
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> I don't think I have ever posted my own playing on this site…I lurk in the corner…comfortably.
> I keep hoping one day I will be worthy….
> but for the sake of demonstration I post the following ….
> I did not learn this from some other harp player ….
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> rather ...it comes from my 16 year old days playing the trumpet…and I still remember it…right onto the harp.
> Black Magic Woman on the Filmore…( where Carlos Santana used to Hang)
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> Just wish there was a spit valve.
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> Thanks…and happy tongue work…to you all.
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> Grant Walters
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> http://youtu.be/SmEJX4MPQvk
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