silverharp88
43 posts
Sep 14, 2013
10:37 AM
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So I've been told I make weird sounds when playing the harp like people can hear the hudda hutu hidda hudda stuff.
Any breathing techniques I can do to minimize the funny sounds. Don't say get a better harp. cause I have some pretty good ones now. Am I breathing to hard or something?
I've heard other players do it but I'm pretty sure I do it a lot.
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Rarko
35 posts
Sep 14, 2013
1:36 PM
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It would be helpfull if you put here a video with you doing that...
and call it:"hudda hutu hidda hudda blues"!
LOL
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tookatooka
3498 posts
Sep 14, 2013
2:05 PM
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Maybe you are pronouncing the words? Just try to shape your mouth tongue etc as if you were going to say it but without saying it. If you know what I mean?
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Frank
2729 posts
Sep 14, 2013
2:09 PM
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Keep it real - grunts, groans, yelps, snorts - etc, etc are fine within reason, especially when playing passionately, from your guts ...sterile music = bland, lifeless, boring and cold :)
Last Edited by Frank on Sep 14, 2013 2:28 PM
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S-harp
173 posts
Sep 14, 2013
2:50 PM
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One way is to focus on how you exhale ...
Letting out air also through your nose when needed is good practise
This takes the edge of the high pressure exhales
that usually causes various "unwanted" noises.
It is also cool to work those noises, like mentioned, letting them be a part of the music ...
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Rarko
36 posts
Sep 14, 2013
2:57 PM
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One day I aksed my friend why he is doing all that wierd sounds... And he said: hey, you are doing that to!?"
so,controling or eliminating that is very hard when you cant even notice what and when you are doing something...
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didjcripey
616 posts
Sep 14, 2013
3:33 PM
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You can do that?
I'm still trying to work it in to my playing.
Check out some of the greats like Junior Wells.
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Lucky Lester
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arzajac
1143 posts
Sep 14, 2013
6:44 PM
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I agree with Frank. My dad used to make us listen to old records of classical music. On some of the piano solo pieces, you could hear the pianist moan. He'd tap us on the shoulder, all excited, and ask if we could hear it.
To him, that's what made the piece!
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