Frank
5188 posts
Aug 31, 2014
6:50 AM
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There are some over blows too down there, which would add to the choices...
There is a ridiculous amount of music to be explored on the low end of the harp and not just notes but also the vast array of ways the tones down there can be attacked, manipulated and milked to produce some really cool intricate emotionally subtle lines, riffs and phrasings.
Who are some of your favorite players that use the low end of the harp in masterful ways?
Last Edited by Frank on Aug 31, 2014 6:58 AM
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The Iceman
1985 posts
Aug 31, 2014
8:25 AM
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me
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Frank
5190 posts
Aug 31, 2014
8:32 AM
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Your response got cut short Larry - you wanna try again?
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The Iceman
1987 posts
Aug 31, 2014
8:33 AM
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nope
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Frank
5192 posts
Aug 31, 2014
8:41 AM
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Fascinating :)
Lyrics added for spam sacrifice....
Mary had a little lamb,
his fur was white as snow, yeah
Everywhere the child went,
the lamb was sure to go yeah
He followed her to school one day,
and broke the teacher's rule
And what a time did they have,
that day at school
Tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket,
Sent a letter to my baby, on my way I passed it.
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Goldbrick
657 posts
Aug 31, 2014
9:11 AM
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Barley Nectar
505 posts
Aug 31, 2014
9:32 AM
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My SBS rattles the same way.
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mlefree
171 posts
Aug 31, 2014
10:04 AM
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The great Rick Estrin!
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arzajac
1457 posts
Aug 31, 2014
10:47 AM
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All of the greats harnessed the magic of the first octave.
SBW II could really make first position moan using that bottom octave.
Paul DeLay would lean into a wave of vibrato, hitting just the right pitches to get the point across.
Carlos Del Junco really leans into the bottom end when he plays 12th position where the tonic is the 2-draw bent a whole step (an unstable note). This especially sounds full on lower-keyed harps.
...Just a few names, but they all do (did).
I find it frustrating when I hear things like "Third position starts on 4 draw". No! It starts on the 1 Draw (1 blow is actually an important note in the 3rd position scale too...) You can really rock third position on that bottom octave!
Folks obsess over overblows, but it's a lot harder to master the 3 draw bends in my opinion. And it's the same kind of work to set up a harp to optimise the 3 hole as it is to set up the 4,5 and 6 for overblows on today's harps.
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Last Edited by arzajac on Aug 31, 2014 10:49 AM
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Little roger
26 posts
Oct 10, 2014
7:15 AM
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I love the sound and feel of the low notes on the low harps. You have to work a bit and amplification can be an issue.
Here's one from our last CD. It was fun to record as it was a first take and the guys had no idea what was coming their way :-)
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Komuso
430 posts
Oct 10, 2014
7:19 AM
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Try it with a low C Manji
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Ted Burke
241 posts
Oct 10, 2014
12:33 PM
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Al Wilson
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groyster1
2692 posts
Oct 10, 2014
3:06 PM
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yep blind owl had it down pat...........
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NiteCrawler .
316 posts
Oct 11, 2014
3:25 PM
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@ Lil roger,Nice track bro,very cool laid back feel.
Last Edited by NiteCrawler . on Oct 11, 2014 3:27 PM
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