[Harp-L] Chromatic Players in AnchorGw
Tom Stryker
tstryker1@xxxxx
Sun Apr 30 15:43:21 EDT 2017
Any Chromatic Players in Anchorage that would like to meet at end of May?
Tom Stryker
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> 1. Re: Seydel releases Tony Eyers Major Cross harmonica
> (Richard Hunter)
> 2. Re: NEW ALBUM: Sketches in Blue (Winslow Yerxa)
> 3. Practice App (Steve Baker)
> 4. Tony Eyers Major Cross harmonica (Trip Henderson)
> 5. Re: Practice App (Tom Watson)
> 6. Re: Practice App (Steve Baker)
> 7. Tony Eyers Major Cross harmonica (Tony Eyers)
> 8. Re: NEW ALBUM: Sketches in Blue (Brendan Power)
> 9. Harp Ninja question (Michael Rubin)
> 10. Re: Harp Ninja question (Harpin' J.Scott)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 12:59:35 -0500
> From: Richard Hunter <rhunter377 at xxxxx>
> To: "harp-l at xxxxx" <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Seydel releases Tony Eyers Major Cross harmonica
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> Tony Eyers wrote:
> <At the end of the day, we choose a tuning which best suits individual
> <needs.
>
> Word.
>
> The layout of pitches in the instrument really, really affects what's
> difficult (or even possible) to play and what's not.
>
> For those who've never tried an alternative tuning, try buying something
> different and put it in your pocket as your walking-around harp. After a
> few weeks that instrument will seem much more familiar and friendly, and
> you'll probably have some ideas about what new things you can do with it.
>
> What you DON'T want to do is try to make an alternative tuning do
> everything you already do with standard Richter-tuned instruments. That's
> not what the alternative tuning is for; it's for doing the things that are
> really, really hard on standard Richter.
>
> Most of the harmonica parts on my record coming out at end of February were
> done on standard Richter tunings. I played one piece on a hybrid major
> (inhale) and minor (exhale) tuning, and that piece simply could not have
> been done with the same feeling on a standard tuning. A standard tuning
> wouldn't have worked very well on a piece whose chord changes go from G
> major to Eb major. The hybrid tuning made it easy.
>
> I think many people have consciously or otherwise accepted the limitations
> of standard Richter. You don't have to do that anymore.
>
> Regards, RIchard Hunter
>
> --
> "The Lucky One" 21st century rock harmonica project at
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/richard-hunter-s-the-lucky-one/x/5259889#/
> Author, "Jazz Harp" (Oak Publications, NYC)
> Latest mp3s and harmonica blog at http://hunterharp.com
> Vids at http://www.youtube.com/user/lightninrick
> Twitter: @lightninrick????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 19:53:31 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa at xxxxx>
> To: Brendan Power <bren at xxxxx>, "harp-l at xxxxx"
> <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] NEW ALBUM: Sketches in Blue
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> Di I hear the AsiaBend at the beginning of the video clip?
>
> Winslow Yerxa
> Producer, the Harmonica Collective
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies, Second Edition: ISBN 978-1-118-88076-0
> Harmonica Basics For Dummies, ASIN B005KIYPFS
> Blues Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-1-1182-5269-7
> Resident Expert, bluesharmonica.com
> Instructor, Jazzschool Community Music School
> President emeritus, SPAH, the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Brendan Power <bren at xxxxx>
> To: harp-l at xxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 6:50 AM
> Subject: [Harp-L] NEW ALBUM: Sketches in Blue
>
>
> I have new album just out, a relaxed Americana/Blues collection recorded
> live at home with my good friend Joe Jones (guitar/vocals/foot stomp).
>
>
>
> Hear sample clips on the video:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWR-nzDmbg8
>
>
>
> MP3 dowloads:
>
> http://www.brendan-power.com/SketchesInBlue.php
>
>
>
>
>
> Brendan
>
> <http://www.brendan-power.com/> www.brendan-power.com
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/BrendanPowerMusic>
> www.YouTube.com/BrendanPowerMusic
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 22:49:37 +0100
> From: Steve Baker <steve at xxxxx>
> To: mauricio.roa at xxxxx, Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Practice App
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> There is an app version of my Blues Harmonica Playalongs under the title BLUES HARP in the App Store from artist ahead publishers (make sure to select the English version)
>
> Steve Baker
> www.stevebaker.de
> www.european-music-workshops.com
> www.harmonica-masters.de
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 17:51:53 -0500
> From: Trip Henderson <trip.tunes at xxxxx>
> To: harp-l <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Tony Eyers Major Cross harmonica
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> Hello freereed brothers and sisters,
>
> I'd like to congratulate Tony on this significant honor - and to thank him
> for all of his work spreading the gospel over the twenty + years I've known
> him.
>
> We met by chance one night in New York City around 1998 at the Greenwich
> Village weekly bluegrass session and became fast friends. It was then that
> he introduced me to his ingenious tuning and I still have two of his harps
> that he gave me back then - a testament to what a mensch he is - who gives
> away custom harps?!?! Tony played circles around me then as he does now. ;-(
>
> Back to Major Cross. There's another reason one might want to play a Fiddle
> Tune in 2nd and Tony alluded to it when he said "we choose a tuning which
> best suits individual needs".
>
> D tunes can be problematic in a session because a standard Richter harp
> sits an octave higher than where a fiddler typically plays a tune. One
> could use a Low D harp but in my experience they go out of tune too fast
> and don't cut in a hot bluegrass session so I find that using a G harp is
> an alternative that gets you back into the fiddle's octave and also gives
> you the expression that comes with cross harp.
>
> I'm a pretty lazy harmonica player and never learned how to play in Major
> Cross and in 1998 I was also starting to play Filisko Harps and was pleased
> with their responsiveness (understatement!) so for better or worse I stuck
> with Richter.
>
> Here's a great example of why using Major Cross is such a clever tool to
> have in your toolbox. What follows is a simple SLOW waltz played in D on a
> G Harp where the E note is sustained in the melody and I pretty
> consistently play that note out of tune in the first register because its a
> 2nd degree bend on the 3 hole - granted this is just a scratch recording I
> made the other night and I can do better, but again, I'm lazy and it was
> not meant to be shared. With one of Tony's harps I could sustain that E
> without causing folks to flinch when they hear that pitchy note in this
> rendition of the Swannanoa Waltz.
>
> https://soundcloud.com/trip-henderson/swannanoa-waltz-solo-harmonica
>
> Three cheers for Tony!!!
>
> --
> *Trip Henderson*
> https://soundcloud.com/trip-henderson
> https://www.youtube.com/TheWhistlingWolves
>
>
> From: Tony Eyers <tony at xxxxx>
>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Seydel releases Tony Eyers Major Cross harmonica
>
> Hi all,
>
> At the end of the day, we choose a tuning which best suits individual
> needs. For most, this is the standard Richter tuning. I use Richter a
> lot, and love it, but for tunes I generally use Major Cross. Rather than
> discussing details, it's perhaps best to just hear how a particular
> tuning sounds, and go from there.
>
> To that end, try http://tonyeyers.com/hear-music/ or the video clips at
> http://tonyeyers.com/tony-eyers-trio/
>
> These mostly feature Major Cross harmonicas.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tony
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 07:03:58 -0500
> From: "Tom Watson" <fountain at xxxxx>
> To: "'Steve Baker'" <steve at xxxxx>, <mauricio.roa at xxxxx>,
> "'Harp-L'" <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Practice App
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> Can't find this in the App Store.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harp-L [mailto:harp-l-bounces at xxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Baker
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 4:50 PM
> To: mauricio.roa at xxxxx; Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Practice App
>
> There is an app version of my Blues Harmonica Playalongs under the title
> BLUES HARP in the App Store from artist ahead publishers (make sure to
> select the English version)
>
> Steve Baker
> www.stevebaker.de
> www.european-music-workshops.com
> www.harmonica-masters.de
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 13:07:14 +0100
> From: Steve Baker <steve at xxxxx>
> To: "Tom Watson" <fountain at xxxxx>
> Cc: Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Practice App
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> It's for iPad only, you need to look from there
>
>> On 08.02.2017, at 13:03, Tom Watson wrote:
>>
>> Can't find this in the App Store.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Harp-L [mailto:harp-l-bounces at xxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Baker
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 4:50 PM
>> To: mauricio.roa at xxxxx; Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
>> Subject: [Harp-L] Practice App
>>
>> There is an app version of my Blues Harmonica Playalongs under the title
>> BLUES HARP in the App Store from artist ahead publishers (make sure to
>> select the English version)
>>
>> Steve Baker
>> www.stevebaker.de
>> www.european-music-workshops.com
>> www.harmonica-masters.de
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Steve Baker
> www.stevebaker.de
> www.european-music-workshops.com
> www.harmonica-masters.de
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 00:35:47 +1100
> From: Tony Eyers <tony at xxxxx>
> To: "harp-l at xxxxx" <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Tony Eyers Major Cross harmonica
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> Hey Trip. Thanks for the nice words. I can assure you that I learnt more
> from you than the other way around during those weeks in '99 where we
> shared bluegrass harmonica in NYC. I've not yet been back, but I will
> return.
>
> To my mind, love of a particular music style drives harmonica choice.
> For myself, Trip, David Naiditch, Seth Shumate and others, our style is
> defined by bluegrass and old timey tunes. For those not familiar with
> this music, I can't over emphasise how strong the desire is to play
> these tunes, once they get under your skin.
>
> Trip, Seth, Mark Graham, David Rice and others use standard harmonicas
> to play the tunes, their styles feature tongue blocked backings which I
> can't do. The sound is rich and just wonderful. James Conway and Joel
> Andersson have a similar approach for Irish tunes, again with great results.
>
> David Naiditch plays chromatic, so clearly has a different sound. He
> plays the tunes using a single note style, with great fluidity, speed
> and accuracy.
>
> I developed Major Cross for my style, which is single note based like
> David's, but lacks the extra backing that tongue block players get on
> standard harmonicas. We've all chosen various means to the same end,
> playing tunes we love.
>
> Trip has nailed the essence of Major Cross: each note has a similar tone
> and can be played with the same ease. Hence Major Cross allows a speed
> and accuracy which is hard to match with standard harmonicas. With
> standard tuning, the bent notes needed for many tunes stick out and are
> generally harder to play. This can be a virtue of course, many players,
> Trip included, get wonderful expression from these bent notes.
>
> So. Now that Major Cross instruments are available off the shelf, I
> expect to soon be put in my place by other players who finally have the
> same tools that I do.
>
> Tony Eyers
> Australia
> www.HarmonicaAcademy.com
> ...everyone plays
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 15:43:57 -0000
> From: "Brendan Power" <bren at xxxxx>
> To: "'Winslow Yerxa'" <winslowyerxa at xxxxx>, <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] NEW ALBUM: Sketches in Blue
> Message-ID: <008701d28222$2903f5b0$7b0be110$@brendan-power.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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> Well spotted Winslow, that's the AsiaBend on 'Wayfaring Stranger'. I find it works well on moody American and Celtic folk ballads. You can get closer to the melismatic singing of such greats as Ralph Stanley with the AsiaBend.
>
> Most of the other tracks are played on the Lucky 13. You should be able to hear on the video how I dip down into the extra lower octave from time to time. It's great for accompanying singers, as you can stay out of the vocal range whilst playing behind them.
>
> Brendan
> www.brendan-power.com
> www.YouTube.com/BrendanPowerMusic
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Winslow Yerxa [mailto:winslowyerxa at xxxxx]
> Sent: 07 February 2017 19:54
> To: Brendan Power; harp-l at xxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] NEW ALBUM: Sketches in Blue
>
> Di I hear the AsiaBend at the beginning of the video clip?
>
> Winslow Yerxa
> Producer, the Harmonica Collective
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies, Second Edition: ISBN 978-1-118-88076-0
> Harmonica Basics For Dummies, ASIN B005KIYPFS
> Blues Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-1-1182-5269-7 Resident Expert, bluesharmonica.com Instructor, Jazzschool Community Music School President emeritus, SPAH, the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Brendan Power <bren at xxxxx>
> To: harp-l at xxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 6:50 AM
> Subject: [Harp-L] NEW ALBUM: Sketches in Blue
>
>
> I have new album just out, a relaxed Americana/Blues collection recorded
> live at home with my good friend Joe Jones (guitar/vocals/foot stomp).
>
>
>
> Hear sample clips on the video:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWR-nzDmbg8
>
>
>
> MP3 dowloads:
>
> http://www.brendan-power.com/SketchesInBlue.php
>
>
>
>
>
> Brendan
>
> <http://www.brendan-power.com/> www.brendan-power.com
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/BrendanPowerMusic>
> www.YouTube.com/BrendanPowerMusic
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 11:03:05 -0600
> From: Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx>
> To: harp-l <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Harp Ninja question
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> Hello,
> If you are using the Harp Ninja app and are playing more than one note,
> will it register all the notes on the tuner?
>
> For example, many of my students have difficulty knowing if they are
> playing 123 blow or 1234 blow.
> Thanks,
> Michael Rubin
> michaelrubinharmonica.com
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 15:47:10 -0500
> From: "Harpin' J.Scott" <harpinj.scott at xxxxx>
> To: Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx>
> Cc: harp-l <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Harp Ninja question
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> I believe it does, IIRC. I haven't been practicing as much as I should of
> late, but I seem to recall that it registers all notes being played. FWIW,
> I use a SM-57 mic into a M-Audio unit that goes to my computer.
>
> On Feb 8, 2017 12:03 PM, "Michael Rubin" <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> If you are using the Harp Ninja app and are playing more than one note,
>> will it register all the notes on the tuner?
>>
>> For example, many of my students have difficulty knowing if they are
>> playing 123 blow or 1234 blow.
>> Thanks,
>> Michael Rubin
>> michaelrubinharmonica.com
>>
>
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