Re: [Harp-L] not really



Iceman writes:

"JR has a good point. If you make your harmonica sound like an organ, that's a sound. If you play it harmonicky, that's a cute sound. If you study how an organ is played and adapt your harmonica playing to mimic how organ lines are played by an organist, now you are onto something."


Actually, that's not quite what I meant.


First, I was misreading fjm--I was mostly commenting on it not sounding like an organ (which it doesn't) and that wasn't what he was saying. Jason does do a good job of playing in an organistic manner on the clip, as he was trying to say. The phrasing is idiomatic, so it makes you think of an organ, much like the synth solo on "What's Love got to do with it" makes you think of a harmonica not because of the sound but how it's played.

What I meant about effects was that I find those who really incorporate the effect as a part of the instrument more interesting than those who just use it as an add-on. Madcat, for instance, plays in a style that is very much harmonica specific, but when he uses effects they are incorporated into this style rather than just layering on top of it. It's a view that an effect (or amp or whatever) is part of the instrument you are playing rather than, well, an effect you apply to the actual instrument.

I would think it very cool to hear an organ or celesta do harmonica- style train chugging via usage of an effect (or a midi control unit hooked up to the actual instrument in question).

Indeed, it would be kind of like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEXi8pqlZKY&feature=related


I really, really want one of these. The patent gives you just enough information to give you the idea of it but not enough to actually make one without years of trial and error.


BTW, it is a sin and an embarrassment that this has less than 500 views.




JR Ross





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