Re: [Harp-L] A question



If I took an asian harp, (like folkmaster) and waxing the rivets. it will be a good sound on overbends?.
another question: How can i know if a harp is equal or compromised tuning?


Now I´m practicing overblows. I set off de coverplates and start to proof the choking and resonate the draw reed. All OK. But when I set on the coverplates, I can make the 6 overblow to sound, but is so much difficult to sound the 4 and 5. I can make to sound the overdraws (7, 8 and 9) more easily than the 4 and 5 overblows, even when in theory is so much difficult to make the overbends.


Thanks for your help.



Winslow Yerxa wrote:


--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxx> wrote:

if you're going to une overblows then make sure the harp is equal
tuned.  Just tuned and compromised tunings don't work well for obing.
The OBs tend to naturally come out on the flat side there's no reason
to hinder this with a harp thatalready has flat notes...

============Winslow:

Not sure I agree entirely.

Some notes in just intonation are sharp relative to equal temperament, while some are flat. A beginning overblower will always play their oberblows a little flat regardless of temperament. An experienced overblow player learns to bend their notes into tune no matter what temperament they choose.

A just or compromise temperament will offer the player more resonant chords than equal temperament. If they are playing a chordal style, esspecially a historical style like classic Chicago blues that relies on those chords and also on the sound of that temperament, then that temperament will still be the best choice, even when overbends come out initially a little sharp or flat relative to their pitch on an equal-tempered harp.


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