Re: [Harp-L] Gapping



>Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:51:04 +1300
>To: Pierre <slavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>From: G <gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Gapping
>At 15:27 27/12/04 -0500, you wrote:
>>G said:
>>>Although if the difference in gapping between the two reeds is too >>wide
>>>you'll run into trouble like having the reeds decouple while playing a 
>>>bent note.
>>How does one know if a reed is decoupling? What does that sound like? 
>>Why would we care?
>>Pierre.
>
>You play a bent note on an unvalved diatonic, if the reeds decouple you
end up with the opposite reed (eg. if playing draw bend, then the blow reed
ends up) playing its own note at a different pitch and it sounds bloody awful.
>
>There have been a few discussions about this on Harp-L over the last decade.
>-- G.




This archive was generated by a fusion of Pipermail 0.09 (Mailman edition) and MHonArc 2.6.8.