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

[Michael Rubin]

The third note from the end is clearly an overblow.  The very first note I
suspect is an overblow, but I am unsure.

Personally, I think you sound great and should continue your endeavors.

I have hidden two overblows on my upcoming album, released on April 29th.
I would be curious if you can hear them without a harp in hand.

Michael

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 7:43 AM Laurent Vigouroux <
laurent.vigouroux at xxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all
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> In my opinion, it is now proven overblows can sound well and can’t be
> spotted in a phrase.
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> But it seems not everybody agrees on that (cf RD comment below).
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> As some people may hear tone differences better than me, I’d like to
> submit a sound excerpt to the community:
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> https://www.planetharmonica.com/NextGen/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Audio038.mp3
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> (it’s not played by me).
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> Would you spot the overblows in this phrase, just by ear? Please don’t use
> an harp to find out. Just your ears.
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> I would be very interested in your feedback.
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> Thanks!
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> Laurent
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> RD wrote
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> >>
> >>> 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.
> …
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> >>> 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
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