[Harp-L] Stevie Wonder's sound

Michael Rubin michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxx
Mon May 23 14:15:01 EDT 2016


What Michael Peloquin said, Alfie has the best pizzicato.

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Michael Peloquin <peloquinharp at hotmail.com
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> Michael Peloquin
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> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Stevie Wonder's sound
> > From: macaroni9999 at gmail.com
> > Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:53:13 -0700
> > To: michaelrubinharmonica at gmail.com
> > CC: harp-l at harp-l.org
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> > Michael
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> > Thank you! That's the type of information I am looking for. Can you
> recommend a tune to listen to that exemplifies the pizzicato articulation
> you mentioned?
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> > Daniel
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> > Sent from my iPhone
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> > > On May 23, 2016, at 6:35 AM, Michael Rubin <
> michaelrubinharmonica at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Learn as many Stevie solos note for note.
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> > > One thing I feel Stevie makes a lot of use of is bends, but generally
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> > > ones to either begin a sound and then release the bend or punctuate a
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> > > bent note, then a quick bend and stop the sound.
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> > > Also his use of tongue articulation to create pizzicatto sounds is
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> > > and as far as I am concerned never duplicated.
> > > Michael Rubin
> > > michaelrubinharmonica.com
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> > >> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 10:29 PM, Bob Cohen <bob at bobjcohen.com>
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> > >>> On May 22, 2016, at 11:12 PM, Sheltraw <macaroni9999 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > >>> Ok, so if a student was to ask you how to imitate Stevie's sound what
> > >> would you advise them to do?
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> > >> Practice for 10,000 hours, which is what it takes to become a master.
> E.g.,
> > >> http://www.wisdomgroup.com/blog/10000-hours-of-practice/ In all
> > >> seriousness, there’s no substitute for mindful listening and mindful
> > >> practice. :-)
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> > >> -Bob
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