Re: [Harp-L] Kim Wilson clip, and the upper register

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Simple blow bends in Holes 10, 9, 8. There are no draw bends or overblows up there on a standard diatonic, and Kim doesn't do overdraws (or overblows) the last I checked.

That high lick goes:

Blow 10,  followed by Blow 10 bent down 2 semitones (i.e. all the way bent)

Blow 9 followed, by Blow 9 bent down 1 semitone (i.e. all the way bent)

Blow 8 started bent and slid up (i.e. released)

Blow 9 started slightly bent and quickly released, then bent down as a separate note

Blow 8 started bent and slid up (i.e. released)

Winslow

----- Original Message ----
From: Bob Laughlin <rlaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 8:09:16 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Kim Wilson clip, and the upper register


I'm 
talking 
about 
the 
notes 
he's 
hitting 
on 
an 
"A" 
harp 
in 
1st 
position, 
around 
2:28 
minutes 
into 
the 
clip.

What 
kind 
of 
bends 
are 
these. 
Simple 
blow 
bends? 
draw 
bends? 
overblows? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVJvwfJm-5U

It 
seems 
that 
rather 
than 
spend 
a 
lot 
of 
time 
"up 
there", 
most 
players, 
even 
the 
better 
ones, 
just 
make 
"excursions" 
for 
the 
sake 
of 
having 
done 
so, 
once 
or 
twice 
during 
the 
song.

Then 
there's 
Jimmy 
Reed.

Maybe 
I 
should 
just 
ignore 
the 
low 
notes 
for 
a 
while, 
and 
let 
those 
"lonely 
notes" 
up 
the 
scale 
have 
some 
of 
my 
attention.

BL

P.S.,,by 
the 
way, 
thanks 
to 
everyone 
on 
harp-l 
for 
taking 
my 
harpfession 
(harp 
confession). 
Whew. 
I 
was 
carrying 
a 
lot 
of 
harpguilt 
around 
for 
so 
long. 
I'm 
feeling 
much 
better 
now.
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