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Andrew
626 posts
Sep 26, 2009
3:44 PM
Check out the harp part on this:

I haven't been listening long, but I think something strange is happening, but I don't know what. Perhaps he's playing two harps, but also I've seen him playing a 14-holer. I don't know if it was straight or an SBS.

Last Edited by on Sep 26, 2009 3:50 PM
MrVerylongusername
530 posts
Sep 26, 2009
4:08 PM
Well......

Harp-wise I'm not sure I hear anything unusual - give us some pointers...

What point on the timeline? What are we listening for?
jbone
153 posts
Sep 26, 2009
10:05 PM
sounds like whoever is blowing harp had a lot of compression or something between harp and tape. they were sure some psychedelic mfers.
Andrew
627 posts
Sep 27, 2009
1:17 AM
I'm busy right now, so that I really can't analyse this very far. First it's difficult to analyse because you need an Ab harp, whereas it was probably originally on an A. There's a place where he seems to play 6,5,-4,6,-2 really fast, which is a surprising piece of virtuosity for him and for a piece of this type. Then there's a place where he seems to be able to bend the 6 blow down and also play the 6OB(!), so that I think it might be a 14-holer in A, but you can't try it out on an Ab and there's no such thing as a 14-holer in Ab (or am I thinking of the SBS?). I think I might tab it, then play it on a 14-holer in C some time and see what happens. Sorry I've got to run away now.
Andrew
628 posts
Sep 27, 2009
5:09 AM
I'm starting to wonder if this is played in 3rd position on a Db harp.
Patrick Barker
412 posts
Sep 27, 2009
9:59 PM
its definitely 3rd position
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