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Rocky Harpoon
31 posts
Mar 27, 2014
7:32 AM
I've just set my next performance level. I hope I don't die before I get there! Everyone has just GOT TO check this out http://www.wimp.com/harmonicacarnegie/
Gnarly
967 posts
Mar 27, 2014
9:21 AM
Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall, yes, most of us have seen this.
Great stuff, but not new, so not EVERYBODY needs to check it out LOL

Last Edited by Gnarly on Mar 27, 2014 9:22 AM
HawkeyeKane
2431 posts
Mar 27, 2014
9:47 AM
I think Buddy is one of the most underrated and underappreciated harp players at large today.
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STME58
698 posts
Mar 27, 2014
10:20 AM
Even though I can not play it nearly as well as Buddy, Jesu Joy is one of my favorite busking pieces. Even without the chording and turns Buddy adds, the piece is generally well received on the harp.
HawkeyeKane
2432 posts
Mar 27, 2014
10:33 AM
I dunno whose version of Jesu I like better...Buddy's or Howard's...


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STME58
699 posts
Mar 27, 2014
11:06 AM
Both versions are great but the technical mastery of Howard's version is amazing. As I listened to it I thought, "It as if he is playing a keyboard with both hands!". He has a clear melody and countermelody going at the same time. Then as I listened to his comments he says " I think of the harmonica as a keyboard".

Unfortunately my primary instrument is trombone (also mentioned in Howard's comments). When you think trombone you don't get chords and countermelodies.
timeistight
1529 posts
Mar 27, 2014
11:21 AM
Buddy Greene is a wonderful player but I find his "classic" schtick kind of hokey. I much prefer him on this type of material:



He talks a bit about his approach here:

STME58
700 posts
Mar 27, 2014
11:37 AM
The penny whistle and harp combo really caught my attention as I listened. I had not realized those two instruments complemented each other so well.

Too bad a "penny" whistle now cost $15! ;-(
JustFuya
25 posts
Mar 27, 2014
3:59 PM
Clarke whistles are more than a penny but less than $10 in San Francisco. Truly tin. If you can sing for your supper they are even less.

Tommy Makem would be proud of Buddy if he wasn't already.

Last Edited by JustFuya on Mar 27, 2014 4:04 PM
STME58
701 posts
Mar 27, 2014
4:24 PM
@JustFuya,

Thanks for the brand name on the true tin whistle. I have been looking for an all tin one, most have a plastic fipple.
nacoran
7660 posts
Mar 27, 2014
4:45 PM
Time is Tight, yeah, I actually am bothered a bit with the way he introduced it. I think sometimes we harp players perpetuate some of the awe shucks-ism about harp playing. He plays them well, but there is nothing about classical that makes it inherently harder to play, in fact, the Lone Ranger Theme was one of the first melodies I picked out on harp. I don't play it as well, but it always seem the crowd is awed because it's classical, not because it's great playing (which it is, don't get me wrong, but his awe shucks suggests harp players who can't whip out some classical can't have great technique.

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STME58
702 posts
Mar 27, 2014
4:49 PM
More than once when I have been playing "Jesu Joy" or "That Sheep May Safely Graze" I have had someone come up tot me and say, "I didn't know you could play Bach on a harmonica"

Or my favorite comment from a neighbor upon her learning I played the trombone, " I knew you played the harmonica but I didn't know you were a MUSICIAN!".

To be fair, there is a big difference between being able to get a tune out of an instrument and being a musician, whether that instrument is a harmonica, tin whistle or a piano. I am not sure I have earned the title musician yet.

Last Edited by STME58 on Mar 27, 2014 4:53 PM
shadoe42
289 posts
Mar 27, 2014
6:22 PM
the Irish Whistle has evolved considerably from its begingings much like the harmonica. I have a bunch of them. Everything from the old Clarke to a custom made maple tunable with delrin fipple. Much like Harps they all have a distinct sound.


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JustFuya
27 posts
Mar 27, 2014
6:46 PM
@STME58

If you get a compliment you are a not only a musician, you are a good one just for being heard. If you get an invite to Carnegie Hall you are a great one. Well, it used to be that way.

Did you find a source for the pennywhistle? If not I can help.

Last Edited by JustFuya on Mar 27, 2014 6:48 PM
Rocky Harpoon
32 posts
Mar 27, 2014
11:09 PM
Some interesting posts on this, thx all. Having not seen the clip of Buddy at Carnegie Hall for me it was an "awe shucks" moment, and deserved to be shared, my comment also was made as to being invited to perform at Carnegie Hall and that I hope I don't die die before I get there. (Probably, no definitely, will). Glad some got that and commenting about my own harp ability, and having an "awe shucks" reaction, probably without even having heard me play is a bit out of order, If anyone got invited to play at say the Albert Hall and just did Happy Birthday on 5 notes, no matter how they played it would be unlikely but Awesome. Thanks for the other mp3's and vids. Actually playing a quick Irish jig is not that too difficult and works very well with the harp and whistle.
Rocky Harpoon
33 posts
Mar 27, 2014
11:09 PM
Some interesting posts on this, thx all. Having not seen the clip of Buddy at Carnegie Hall for me it was an "awe shucks" moment, and deserved to be shared, my comment also was made as to being invited to perform at Carnegie Hall and that I hope I don't die die before I get there. (Probably, no definitely, will). Glad some got that and commenting about my own harp ability, and having an "awe shucks" reaction, probably without even having heard me play is a bit out of order, If anyone got invited to play at say the Albert Hall and just did Happy Birthday on 5 notes, no matter how they played it would be unlikely but Awesome. Thanks for the other mp3's and vids. Actually playing a quick Irish jig is not that too difficult and works very well with the harp and whistle.


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