Chris L
77 posts
Nov 02, 2014
9:00 PM
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Joe_L
2533 posts
Nov 03, 2014
12:48 PM
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Let the truth be told!
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Kingley
3759 posts
Nov 03, 2014
10:21 PM
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People should never underestimate the importance of hand techniques on tonal changes when playing harmonica. Lee Sankey has a great YouTube lesson involving this at the moment. Walter makes it look all so easy. In reality it's a hard thing to do properly and to make it sound even remotely as effective as Walter.
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jbone
1797 posts
Nov 04, 2014
4:28 AM
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My biggest realization in recent years has been, I need a mic in a stand to be very effective with hand stuff. At least that's where the result is easier to get for me. Either a mic in a stand or no mic at all.
There are plenty of folks- I have been there too- who rely too much on the mic and amp and pedals and all that to define their sound. Result is a lot of very similar sounding cats out there trying to be "original".
Our last cd was all acoustic. This next will be with a couple of different mics, one will be in a stand for definite, a Shure 585. The other will likely be in a stand as well but I will be cupping right on top of it, an EV m43u which has been modded to hi z. Champ amp most likely.
There are a couple I will likely not use any amp or mic on except for the room mic.
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chromaticblues
1617 posts
Nov 04, 2014
9:32 AM
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@ChrisL
This is a good thread!
The reason is not what most would think.
Most people (myself included for many years) think of playing the harp amplified or acoustic. One or the other!
I stumbled onto something by accident. A few years ago I bought a bunch of cheap reel to reel mics of Ebay.
One of them was a Akia DM-13. At first I didn't like it because it was hard to hold (I had used an Astatic JT-30 type mic with a ceramic element for a long time prior to this). One day I just picked it up and just held it in my left hand with my pinky and ring finger against my palm and used my right for moral support just so I wouldn't drop it!
After playing out a couple times I noticed it REALLY picks up the movement of my right hand. MORE than anyone I have ever heard recorded or live!
So I started practicing playing acoustically with my mic in my hand.
I'm not sure what the major difference with this mic is, but it reacts to the sound camber very dynamically!
It is so much more fun playing amped know than it has ever been.
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barbequebob
2749 posts
Nov 04, 2014
9:53 AM
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How true that is and too many people just use their hands for holding the harp and just about nothing else when it comes to amplified harp. This video is just a tiny snippet of what I learned from watching BW for years during the 70's to go along with something I learned quite a bit from from just watching him, and that's breath control. Now when you combine both, it's magic and much of the pedals and stuff all becomes nothing but useless BS once you learn this stuff.
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Boston, MA
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Joe_L
2534 posts
Nov 04, 2014
6:23 PM
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If people don't believe the hands matter, take a look at the videos from the American Blues Festivals during the 1960's. His tone is deep and rich.
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