Gary 62
87 posts
Nov 04, 2015
11:25 AM
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By using the hands i mean. Closing the cup tight and then opening them. Closed gives a muffled bassy tone open changes it to a trebly sound.
But here's my question: How much of that wah wah effect is created by the opening and closing of the cup altering your embouchure position? I've tried it and you can get the wah effect without doing the hand position switching but you don't get the dramatic tonal shift.
What do you guys think? Is it more the hand movement altering the embouchure of the mouth that produces most of the effect or the tonal change caused by the opening and closing of the cup?
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ME.HarpDoc
30 posts
Nov 04, 2015
12:52 PM
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I'm getting it mostly by opening and closing cupped hands
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Fil
71 posts
Nov 04, 2015
1:47 PM
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Try recording yourself doing both. I haven't tried it with wah wahs, but I've noticed with other techniques that what I hear in my ears and what comes back in a recording are different.
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Phil Pennington
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MindTheGap
756 posts
Nov 06, 2015
1:27 AM
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Gary - I do think its mostly in the hands. When I was trying to get it, some teachers suggested that there was some extra wah-iness added using the mouth. Not changing embouchure position actually, but sharping the sound. Like saying 'waaarr' or something - but with your lips round the harp it's a bit limited what you can say.
Maybe there's something in that but I found the best results came when I started keeping the tone constant and strong throughout the cup, and concentrating on the hands.
Interested to hear what you find though. Why not record something and post it up? I agree with Fil about the recording issue.
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