[Harp-L] Playing chromatically on a diatonic (was Will Scarlett's place in the history of overblows)

[Laurent Vigouroux]

Hi all

In my opinion, it is now proven overblows can sound well and can’t be spotted in a phrase.
But it seems not everybody agrees on that (cf RD comment below).

As some people may hear tone differences better than me, I’d like to submit a sound excerpt to the community:
https://www.planetharmonica.com/NextGen/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Audio038.mp3

(it’s not played by me).

Would you spot the overblows in this phrase, just by ear? Please don’t use an harp to find out. Just your ears.
I would be very interested in your feedback.

Thanks!

Laurent


RD wrote
>>
>>> I just think it sounds bad. Even from the very best practitioners (Filip
>>> Jers, to name one) it sounds out of sorts with the rest of the
>> instrument.
…
>>> Like I said some time back, it reminds me of 'Esperanto', artificially
>>> created to make a 'universal' language.
>>> The only place it seems to have survived is with Esperanto enthusiasts.
>>> I think OB/OD technique will remain popular with devoted diatonic harp
>>> players, but that's it.
>>> I've been putting off saying this for years, but I'm getting old and have
>>> ceased to care!
>>> RD