Re: [Harp-L] limited instrument?

[william price <promultis33@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks SAJ, You are absolutely correct! Because blues bends are also unstable when trying to maintain pitch or trying to hit the bend without the the arch into it. To give you an example of the stability problem: try and play Come All Ye Faithful in the low octave on your diatonic harmonica without sounding like armature hour.  I can do a spectacular job with that song by using my whole step method for playing it. I have All the right notes and more usable chords. The whole step rendition of that song is better than what you could do on a chromatic as well. 

Bill
  



On Friday, October 31, 2014 2:20 PM, Scott Albert Johnson <scojoharp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 


"Problem: over blowing even for those that claim the ability is not stable,
therefore not a plausible method, for accurately over coming the
instruments stubby scales."

This is absolutely, positively untrue.  An overblow is no more "unstable"
than a regular "blues" bend or countless types of notes played on a
saxophone, trumpet etc.  An overblow can be sustained, bent etc.  Here is
an example from my own playing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q4SEs_HXnU

Note in particular a bent-and-then-unbent 5OB at 3:49.  Whether you like
OB/OD playing or not, to say it is not a plausible method just because YOU
can't do it is, to put it delicately, implausible.  There's nothing
unstable about the playing of Howard Levy, or Carlos Del Junco, or Jason
Ricci etc. etc.

SAJ

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