LIP RIPPER
14 posts
Dec 05, 2008
1:13 PM
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I POSTED THE FOLLOWING QUESTION ON AN OLDER THREAD BUT DIDN'T GET ANY FEEDBACK SO I'LL TRY A NEW ONE. I'M PLAYING LEE OSKARS, WHICH I REALLY LIKE. SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T NEED MUCH MASSAGING. I DON'T PLAY THE LOW HARPS MUCH SO I THOUGHT I'D BETTER WORK MORE WITH MY G HARP. THE BLUE 3RD AS IT'S REFERRED TO IS HARD TO HOLD ON THIS HARP. IT WANTS TO EASILY BEND ON DOWN. SHOULD I LOWER THE REED HEIGHT TO SETTLE IT DOWN OR SHOULD I WORK ON MY EMBOUCHURE?
LR
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tookatooka
37 posts
Dec 05, 2008
3:04 PM
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Hello Lip Ripper, may be because your question is difficult to read when you use all capital letters. Some people consider it to be the web equivalent of shouting.
Can't quite understand what you mean by massaging? Are you talking about adjusting the reed gap?
When you say the blue 3rd is hard to hold, do you mean it's hard to hold the bend? E.g. Hold the bent note down.
Sometimes the reed gap may need to be increased. It's difficult to say without knowing how your harp is set up.
If you can be a little clearer with your question there's a whole lot of people here who may be able to advise you.
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M
Guest
Dec 05, 2008
3:10 PM
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I have no clue what massaging means either. Never heard of it. Sounds to me like you need to work on your embouchure. I find it sometimes hard to hold the bent 3 if I am trying to sustain it along with Vibrato, but usually don't have a problem just sustaining it clean.
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Zhin
81 posts
Dec 05, 2008
5:18 PM
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First off, unless you have some kind of disability, please stop posting in capital letters.
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Aussiesucker
98 posts
Dec 05, 2008
10:07 PM
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If you can actually get the bend but cannot hold it then it must be you not the harp. Wouldn't do any 'massaging' on the reeds ie whatever is meant by that. Don't shout it's a little annoying.
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Anonymous
Guest
Dec 06, 2008
11:22 AM
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NEVERMIND! THIS SO-CALLED SHOUTING IS A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT. A SMART ASS IS ANNOYING!
LR
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bluenote
Guest
Dec 06, 2008
1:57 PM
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posting as anonymous is a dead giveaway when your initials follow. When sending emails, postings or SMS messages it is considered correct manners to not use capitals out of context ie it is equivalent to shouting. Most sensible people don't regard it as bullshit as its the correct thing to do. If you didn't know then now you do.
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MrVerylongusername
39 posts
Dec 06, 2008
6:57 PM
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People read by recognising the shape of words, when you use all caps, every word just becomes an oblong and you need to rely on different parts of your brain - it is a proven fact that all caps is harder to read. (web accessibity is what I do for a living)
As for the question, I'm a little bothered by the fact that there are so many questions on this forum, from self confessed beginners, asking about tuning and reed gapping/arcing/embossing etc...
I'd been playing 5 years before I ever retuned a harp (to create a harp in Charlie McCoy's country tuning - not to correct anything). I'd been playing stock harps for 15 years before I even thought of gapping and embossing.
A beginner shouldn't expect to pick up a custom and expect to play like Adam, Chris or Jason - it just doesn't work that way. You have to spend time in the woodshed. There are no shortcuts or magic harps.
I'm not saying that customising skills should only be for advanced players - I'm just saying that if you can't achieve the basics with an out of the box, reasonable quality ($25+) harp - then your technique is at fault, not the harp. Spend less time worrying about gaps and more time on your embouchure which is undoubtedly the issue here
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gene
86 posts
Dec 07, 2008
4:39 AM
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I beleve that what he meant is that when he tries to play the blue 3rd (slightly bent), the bend jumps down to a deeper bend.
And by massaging, he might be refferring to what Chris was demonstrating in one of his videos; bending the reed one way with a blunt object and then back again, and "plinking" it periodically to check that it's movement is not being obstructed by the reed plate.
LR:
It has been politely hinted at, before, that you type like everybody else. Come to think of it, what MrVeryLongUserName said ("People read by recognising the shape of words, when you use all caps, every word just becomes an oblong and you need to rely on different parts of your brain") makes sense. All I know is that it hurts my eyes to read it.
I don't believe the reference to a disability (nor any of the other posts) was meant to be smart-assed. I think it refferred to special keyboards or software for those with special needs, and we cannot know if you have special needs that require the use of such keyboard or software.
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Zhin @ Perth
Guest
Dec 07, 2008
4:47 AM
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No I really meant it without the sarcasm. It would be extremely obvious if I wanted to be a smart ass. I have a rough idea about how certain people with certain disabilities may have limitations with how they type on a computer.
Anyways I'll say this again, if you can type like normal people, then please, stop being the the annoying one by typing in caps.
You will only invite the wrong kind of attention and not get enough useful answers by doing so.
Like I said, if it's really a disability thing, then ok. Go ahead. Type in caps.
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Preston
Guest
Dec 07, 2008
9:49 AM
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At least hedidnt runall ofhis wordstogether withno punctuation, andhe wuz a gudspelr to.
O.K, now that was smartass. Sorry. Back to serious.
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