laurent2015
51 posts
Mar 19, 2012
4:13 PM
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Not by hammering them, like foolish people do, no!
We heard Howard Levy playing Middle-eastern music, and I personnaly had pain for the reeds.
Now listen to this and wonder: to which point can a harp be hard drived?
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Frank
434 posts
Mar 19, 2012
4:40 PM
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I liked that, sounded Chinese...
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Todd Parrott
882 posts
Mar 19, 2012
5:16 PM
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Very nice... sounds like 7th position on a C harp - key of F#. Likewise, when you play the pentatonic scale on the black keys on the piano (key of F#), it gives this same eastern sound, even more so than playing these same notes in another key. (This goes back to what I was saying in another thread about certain keys having moods, but that's another subject for another time.)
Not sure how hard overblowing and overdrawing are on the reeds, but since I started using them more in recent years, including overbending, I've noticed that my harps last a lot longer than they used to. This is probably due to them being set up properly, thus I don't play nearly as hard as I used to.
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STME58
96 posts
Mar 19, 2012
5:38 PM
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"Not sure how hard overblowing and overdrawing are on the reeds"
I noticed a posting on the Hohner harmonica display case at my local music store that stated the warranty would be void if the harmonica was played using the technique commonly known as overblowing. This looked to be a notice from Hohner, not the local shop. So someone thinks overblowing is hard on harps. I think it is beginners who are hard on harps. I know I am, but they are lasting longer now than they did a year ago.
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laurent2015
53 posts
Mar 19, 2012
5:39 PM
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Hello Todd, glad to meet you here!
You are right, it's a pentatonic scale build on the C#,
and there are only altered notes.
I precise this wasn't played by me!
The possibilities the instrument offers are still amazing me, and I hallucinate when I hear that some people over-blow-draw tongueblocking!
I tried and just produced bubbles.
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oldwailer
1861 posts
Mar 19, 2012
6:13 PM
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That is just awesome! I used to play something like that on the flute--I never thought it would be possible on the diatonic! Well, for some of us--it ain't!
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laurent2015
55 posts
Mar 19, 2012
7:17 PM
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www.bumeez.com, hosting website.
I think when you point the mouse on the "logo" the address should appear left bottom of your screen, anyway it does with mine.
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Frank
439 posts
Mar 19, 2012
7:23 PM
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That is a cool way to put a song in a thread. Are your in France or England?
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Miles Dewar
1216 posts
Mar 19, 2012
7:35 PM
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Lmao! This thread has sadly become a Technical How-To because I also want to get in on this nifty button thing.
Howard is the man!
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oldwailer
1862 posts
Mar 19, 2012
7:41 PM
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Wow--I thought "Bumeez.com" was a site that sold roid meds!
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laurent2015
56 posts
Mar 20, 2012
4:27 AM
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@Frank
No, I'm from Brussels, Belgium, and speak french (and dutch, compulsory, here).
I hope I'll soon quit the country for Thailand, carrying in my luggage the address of this forum, be sure!
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harpdude61
1309 posts
Mar 20, 2012
5:20 AM
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@STME58......Funny about the display case warning. The following is a quote on Hohner's website at Howard's bio....
"Universally acknowledged as the world’s most advanced diatonic harmonica player, Howard developed a fully chromatic style on the standard 10 - hole diatonic harmonica, revolutionizing harmonica playing and taking the instrument into totally new territory."
This comes from the Golden Melody description on Musicians Friend..
" Hohner sets the Golden Melody harmonica's reeds close to the open-framed mouthpiece, so it responds to the subtlest of commands—making the Golden Melody perfect for overblowing as well as for bending. You'll find that the Golden Melody's sound is unique in its class with a slightly different tuning that produces full, rich, melodic tone."
Personally, I don't understand why Hohner does not jump on the overbend bandwagon with the Golden Melody or better yet a Golden Melody Deluxe.
I don't think proper overbending and even bending the overbends is any more stressful on reeds than normal blow and draw bending. Matter of fact I don't know if the 6 hole (most common for OBs) has ever been the first reed to go bad on one of my harps.
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tookatooka
2847 posts
Mar 20, 2012
6:38 AM
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That bumeez thing is not working for me on IE9 or Chrome.
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Last Edited by on Mar 20, 2012 7:34 AM
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Martin
56 posts
Mar 20, 2012
6:53 AM
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@Laurent: Who is playing this?
Can it be found somewhere else -- problems w/ loading the player.
/Martin
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laurent2015
57 posts
Mar 20, 2012
8:45 AM
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@harpdude: overblows and -draws are not coming so easy;
the stress on the reeds is probably the worse when exercising.
I broke a reed simply bending the blow sharp notes!
@Tooka, if you try to host sth, you'll have, after downloading your file, four possible file's addresses to choice: take the third or the fourth to copy/paste.
Now if you're clicking on the thing and it doesn't work, i'm afraid I can't help out...
@Martin, same response.
The tune comes from a french guy from a french forum called "diato forum actif" and if Bumeez really doesn't work, I can send the mp3 by email, if you like.
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Martin
57 posts
Mar 20, 2012
12:47 PM
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@Laurent. Thanks, it loaded this time.
But what´s the name of the guy?
Very intrigued by this -- the Chinese tonality coming out from just an ordinary major pentatonic scale ... Clearly high level playing. I´d have guessed Roland van Straaten -- but he´s not French.
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laurent2015
59 posts
Mar 20, 2012
3:59 PM
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Sorry, Martin, the guy comes with his username on the forum, I don't know him.
But really yes, there are some people on that forum who have a high level.
In the topic "one harp, twelve keys" the guy who plays
in one of the admins.
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