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Whistling in Professor Longhair's "Big Chief"

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MN 370 posts Jan 02, 2015 8:46 AM	We're going to start doing a version of "Big Chief" in the band I've been playing with. I want to mimic Fess' whistling part on harp. Any tips? Mainly I'm not sure whether to tackle it in straight or cross harp. Last Edited by MN on Jan 02, 2015 8:46 AM
Martin 761 posts Jan 03, 2015 9:56 AM	Jamming along to this in Eb, I´d say 1st pos: that region around holes 6--8 gave me the most convincing whistling sound on an Eb harp. (But I couldn´t repeat his glissandi -- and neither will you suspect. Those require whistling.)

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