Re: [Harp-L] Melodica



He takes the mouthpiece off and just plays into the hole on the end,
which gets you that much closer to the reed.  It's still not that easy
to bend a note, but he seems to do it!

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Bradford Trainham
<bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for posting that.  I've certainly never heard anyone play that fast,
> that long on the melodica.
>  Was it just me, or does he occasionally bend a note?  If so, is there some
> technique with the mouthpiece that would accomplish a bend?
> I may have to, as someone else said "dust off mine" too.
> Brad Trainham
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Chesper Nevins
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 3:52 PM
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Melodica
>
> Hermeto Pascoal on melodica:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvtI_h_nE1g
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6maZJA0-Yc&;
>
>
> On 1/30/09, IcemanLE@xxxxxxx <IcemanLE@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Works great in a band setting, but not an "in yo face" volume band
> setting.
>>
>>  Nneena Freelon used to travel with a first class back up band, road
>> tested  and tweaked over a number of years to divine understated
>> perfection. They used  a  Melodica to great effect in a few songs -
>> not too many, mind you, but it  was the  perfect sound for a few
> understated tunes.
>>
>>
>>  In a message dated 1/30/2009 3:47:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> markwilson53@xxxxxxx writes:
>>
>>  I'm
>>  wondering how it would hold up in a band  setting.
>>
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