jules
5 posts
Feb 12, 2010
2:11 PM
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Ok- this one's always bugged me. Headshake vibrato/trilling- whatever you call it. I do this using my left hand to slide the harp across my embouchure (I've never been able to head shake to get this effect, guess my neck isn't supple enough). Works fine when playing acoustically or into a vocal mike on a stand but the hand position needed for a bullet mike (and it's weight) really messes up my speed and accuracy of any rhythmically tight hand movement. Any tips on getting round this?
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nacoran
1110 posts
Feb 12, 2010
3:05 PM
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If your lip pursing, instead of trying to wiggle your neck try wiggling your jaw. You can even combine a little jaw movement with hand movement, but I think the easiest way to do it is with a tongue block.
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harmonicanick
599 posts
Feb 12, 2010
3:09 PM
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I never move my head always the hands; its a choice..
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Buddha
1388 posts
Feb 12, 2010
3:27 PM
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you can't do vibrato with your hand. Its called tremelo.
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Greg Heumann
292 posts
Feb 12, 2010
8:51 PM
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When you hand hold a mic, particularly if you want a tight cup while you do this, you have to shake your head, not the harp. There's a reason this sound is sometimes called a "head shake."
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barbequebob
468 posts
Feb 13, 2010
9:58 AM
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What you're referring to as a trill is NOT a true trill and on a harmonica, the closest thing to that is done on a chromatic pressing the slide button in and out very rapidly, and so what you're referring to is more often referred to as a warble.
I've seen Big Walter Horton many times during the 70's and he did not shake his head to do the warbles at all. What he did was hold the mic and harp in his hand using a very slight, very short but quick sideways motion to do it.
Sonny Terry didn't shake his head either but used his tongue going side to side very slightly to do it.
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Kingley
844 posts
Feb 13, 2010
10:38 AM
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If you are talking about playing two adjacent notes (4-5 draw for example). Then I call it a "roll" I use my head to do them although very occasionally I will use my hands to "shake" the harp. The two techniques do give a slightly different sound to each other.
When using your head the trick is to move it only minimally.You only need to catch part of each note to make it sound good.
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