They've demonstrated something that I came to the realization of sometime back: Multiple harps don't work in a song unless you really stick to specific musical roles. When David sticks in the rhythm-harp role, things really come together. When he steps out of that role, the sound of all those harps starts to clash, and the ear gets confused. All in all, this is one of the better multi-harp jams I've heard, and I appreciate how hard it is to do it all improv like that, so my hat's off to these guys! But it does reinforce my realization about how to make multiple harp jams sound good! :) ---------- =========== I S A A C ===========
Same feeling as Isaac: I first thought it would have been better with only two harps, but we can maybe consider this: one harp for the melody, one for the rhythm and one dedicated to the bass (twelve holes). Now if all this is improvisation, kudos...
nice - leaving space, taking different 'roles' , listening , phrasing, tasty not flashy.
FYI - I am 'noams210' on youtube - I shot and posted "ultimate harp jam" Not heasy trying to hold your hand steady for 7&1/2 min.s at 2am or whenever it was - but well worth it. - An advert for going to SPAH if ever there was one. ----------
i played with another harp player 30 yrs. ago and we did double lead lines like 2 guitar players in a full band.when we weren`t doing twin lines ,one would chug or blow bass lines and switch back and forth.also we worked out horn lines with one harp 2nd pos. and the other 3rd. pos.this was a natural ball !!!
