Reed Triller
149 posts
Jul 17, 2013
4:11 PM
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Are there any of you who can plan the harp regularly as well as with the harp upside down where the 10 is on the left?
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"Bend it like Ricci" - Me
Last Edited by Reed Triller on Jul 18, 2013 1:21 AM
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MakaInOz
87 posts
Jul 17, 2013
6:31 PM
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Only when I picked up the harp without checking, and hopefully only for one note then!
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FMWoodeye
751 posts
Jul 17, 2013
6:33 PM
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Sure. Can't everybody? I can't do it for long, though, because the blood rushes to my head when I'm upside down.
Last Edited by FMWoodeye on Jul 18, 2013 5:59 AM
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nacoran
6947 posts
Jul 17, 2013
7:53 PM
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I can't play upside down. I've tried playing backwards after seeing a video of someone doing it (using the fingers to block holes). The trick I keep trying is playing with no hands and no rack, just for fun. It's tough. Hohner Pucks are a little too small to tongue block comfortably, and other harps have a tendency to slide out when tongued vigorously. I can sort of squeeze out a rough version of the Masterpiece Theater theme tongue blocked (the high note is hard to reach without losing the harp though)
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CarlA
385 posts
Jul 17, 2013
8:25 PM
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I am having enough trouble playing it to begin with-lol!!!
-Carl
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Reed Triller
152 posts
Jul 18, 2013
1:22 AM
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Buncha dorks :) Had to clarify my question,lol.
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Buzadero
1099 posts
Jul 18, 2013
4:58 AM
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Not even close.
I am a proud member of the LPTB community. And, as a TransEmbouchure, I've seen some kinky moves and I applaud tolerance. But I draw the line at that level of freakery.
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fred_gomez
118 posts
Jul 18, 2013
5:57 AM
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i started playing upside down. then learned my error after getting books. i am ambi when i hold two harps one handed using two mics. i hold a harp differently in my right like if you let go with your left and grab the harp with your right like a club.
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fred_gomez
119 posts
Jul 18, 2013
5:59 AM
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forgot, i have a brain problem with first position. i am going to start practicing first upside down lkike i did when i started.
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Philosofy
474 posts
Jul 18, 2013
6:16 AM
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A related question: can anyone play out of both sides of your mouth while tongue blocking? And I don't mean just doing octaves, I mean slaps and flutters.
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ridge
447 posts
Jul 18, 2013
6:21 AM
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I can at some level play with the numbers right side up or with the numbers to the floor. My preference is to play it with numbers facing the floor. I lose most of my dexterity, but can play pretty well if I take my time.
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The Iceman
1021 posts
Jul 18, 2013
6:34 AM
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Philosofy...
I can play out of both, either side....bends, slaps, flutters, etc and can switch between either and single note approach with ease.
Only took me 10 years to do it with ease, though.
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nacoran
6948 posts
Jul 18, 2013
11:22 AM
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Plilosofy, yeah, I do that. I often hold a pedal tone on the left side while playing a melody on the right. I'm adjust the volume from side to side a bit, and actually do a little bit of different rhythm out one side than the other, but only on stuff I've practiced a bit.
Actually, just last night I was trying to figure out (haven't got it yet) how to do Shepard Tones (where you play two ascending (or descending) sets of notes an octave apart as a round, making the lower one slowly get louder until it gets replaced by the new lower one. When it's done right it sounds like you are constantly playing higher and higher (and higher and higher) without an upper limit. It's a neat auditory illusion that would probably wow the audience. I can get a rough version of it. I was trying to picture in my head if there would be a better tuning to try it with.
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