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some different ideas on acoustic harp
some different ideas on acoustic harp
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waltertore
178 posts
Feb 13, 2010
2:02 PM
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Hi All: the trend with the blues based harmonica seems to be going to amplified, lots of notes, and fast. that is all good, but I thought I would throw these ideas out there for people to chew on. The simple, single note, done with some different phrasing can lead to all new sounds to my ears. IMO most people jump ahead of themselves too much and don't spend enough time developing each note enough. Personally I find the fast songs much easier to play. they are lots of fun, but I lose much of the sound of each note. On the slow stuff here, I can work each note from opening it, exploring it, to closing it. I recorded some fast ones too, but there a millions of that style out there. Anyway, here are a few from that session. I played the drums on my feet on the last one. It reminded me how much the drums and cymbal bleeds into the vocal/harp mic. These recordings were done with one LDC mic about a foot from the harp. Walter
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Bluzdude46
464 posts
Feb 13, 2010
10:28 PM
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Playing Acoustically can not reallygigging with a band right now and most of my playing has been acoustic at a Jam I found. I've learned more control but I miss my gear
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waltertore
179 posts
Feb 14, 2010
9:13 AM
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When I started playing in a band I went to an amped harp for a year or so. Then I started putting my own band together and they had to play quiet enough so my unamped harp could come through. That took getting the best musicians around. To play quiet with authority is something that only comes with lots of experience. I would use the same mic- usually a shure 58- and stand off the mic, and rarely cupped it. I love all the dynamics/tome variations from getting closer and further from a mic. Playing those solo harp songs got me excited to record my acoustic guitar and harp alone. I am warming up my microphone preamp tubes as I type. Walter
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
2,000 of my songs
continuos streaming - 200 of my music
my videos
Last Edited by on Feb 14, 2010 9:14 AM
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