Gnarly
231 posts
Apr 26, 2012
6:12 AM
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Yo Peeps--
I posted to Slidemeister about this, even tho AJ is trying to promote chromatic he suffers my insistence that short harp is worthwhile.
As I post there, I recently repaired a Bushman Soul's Voice High A for Bill Barrett, and decided to make one of my hybrid high harps for my own purposes. Then I forgot to take it to the gig--oh well, tomorrow is another day (it's actually here right now, I woke up at 4 am!)
So here is the post, let me know if I am violating rules about cross posting.
http://www.slidemeister.com/forums/index.php?topic=6820.msg80565
I don't really like high harps, this one is made from a D, it's still pretty high!
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barbequebob
1871 posts
Apr 26, 2012
10:06 AM
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Until about 10-15 years ago, you could always order a Hohner Piccolo/Vest Pocket Harp in both High A as well as High G, and I used to own both of those until they both got stolen. For doing SBWII stuff, those were fun and also for doing the "no hands" tricks.
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MP
2202 posts
Apr 26, 2012
3:18 PM
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i used to own a few of those piccolo/vest pocket harps!
like a lot of my harps, they just vanished one day.
oh well, when it comes right down to it i don't like anything over F# or below G.
i almost never use my low F and low F#. the normal F# has one job only-John Mayals "Room to Move" if requested.
i dig my Echo Vamper in low C. and my high G just sits around for the time being.
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harmonicanick
1562 posts
Apr 26, 2012
4:50 PM
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@MP
i almost never use my low F
Why not, at jams or in band situation using a low F for rythmic playing and then soloing in normal F major is effective.
Same as high G, I used it tonight, a lot of delta blues guitarists use an open D tuning, ideal for contrast
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MrVerylongusername
2349 posts
Apr 26, 2012
5:04 PM
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I think it depends on the sound of the band Nick.
I find Low F to be right in the same tonal range as the sounds the guitarist and keys player favour (especially drawbar organ sounds).
Low F just never cuts through the mix for me - and I play bright tuned Lee Oskars - I much prefer regular F. In fact I think it's my new favourite key! OBs are out of the box on an F harp.
Curiously though, my High G gets almost no use. Odd that.
I'm curious to hear the sound of a high A. Can anyone provide any pointers to youtube clips?
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Martin
73 posts
Apr 27, 2012
8:07 AM
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MrVerylongusername: If you look up a concert w/ Norton Buffalo from the mid ´70s you´ll get at least one instance of playing a high A.
Sorry I can´t be more specific -- but you should have no trouble finding it on the Tube. (I think he is wearing green, baggy pants and a white shirt -- it was the´70´s, remember.)
/Martin
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Gnarly
235 posts
Apr 27, 2012
9:22 AM
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The extra two notes on the bottom of this tuning are
| C# e | F# g# |
Plenty of bends there--E arpeggio on draw holes 1-4, and you can draw bend the b7 on hole 4.
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MP
2212 posts
Apr 27, 2012
1:56 PM
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Hi Nick,
when i first got a low F i used it a lot; most likely
because it was a novelty and at the time i was using it
for Gm dorian- not as shrill as a normal F for that key.
for the key of C, i prefer C in first, Bb in third, and the normal F in second- depending on the tune in question.
i just like the timbre of those keys for some reason.
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Todd Parrott
929 posts
Apr 27, 2012
2:03 PM
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I was under the impression that the Vest Pocket/Piccolo in Bb was a high Bb also, as the G and A were not labeled as "high," just G and A, so when I bought a Bb, I was disappointed to find that it was a regular Bb. But, no worries... I just retuned a high A Seydel and made myself a high Bb.
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