Re: [Harp-L] Iceman -- Bending

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

 good suggestions. 

another powerful approach is to begin to hear and understand INTERVALS. For instance, 2 hole inhale to 3 hole inhale first bend has a "distance" between these two notes. That distance is called a "minor third". The sound of that distance is the "Spoonful" sound.? "That spoon that spoon that spoonful". So, play 2 hole inhale, sing that note (as best you can) and use it as starting point for "That" - then sing "spoon" and make it sound like the song. Then play 2 hole inhale to 3 hole inhale first bend and recreate the notes.

If you have a bit of trouble with this, get together with a good teacher and work it out. Every interval can be attached to some melody or song that you already "know" to help you recreate it. This way you won't need an outside source to "give you" the notes you are trying to achieve through bending. You will get the notes from "within".



 


 

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From: michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
To: icemanle@xxxxxxx <icemanle@xxxxxxx>
Cc: tusker23@xxxxxxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 1:39 am
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Iceman -- Bending










Get a piano, get a chromatic guitar tuner with a microphone.  Play the
note on the piano.  Listen.  WHile holding the note, sing it.  Then
stop playing the piano.  SIng again into the tuner.  It will tell you
if you are hitting the note correctly.  Then repeat the process with
the harp instead of the voice.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On 9/23/09, icemanle@xxxxxxx <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>  this is not hard to overcome. most of the problem is finding the confidence 
within yourself that you CAN do it. you don't have to have a good singing voice. 
it's a matter of finding the pitch from within.
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> it may even be worthwhile to spend a bit of time on this instead of playing 
harmonica. once you get it, you've got it for life, and it will accelerate your 
harmonica learning/playing on down the line.
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> From: Jim Adams <tusker23@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 8:09 pm
> Subject: [Harp-L] Iceman -- Bending
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> Iceman -- Unfortunately many beginners like myself don't have the expertise, 
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> I doubt that any musically inexperienced beginners learning to play harmonica
> can sing an Ab or a C# or any other bent note on command, and hit it exactly 
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> I find the Bendometer gives me instant visual feedback on the note I'm trying 
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> hit and from that (and your previous advice) I can feel where my tongue is and
> then try to repeat it again and again. Maybe not as powerful but certainly 
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> more precise, as the computer generates exactly the same tone every time,
> whereas my voice.......
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> Thanks again for your valuable suggestions!
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> From: icemanle@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Iceman -- Practising The Bends
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:16:12 -0400
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> Certainly an option, but not as powerful as creating the note from within
> yourself (sing the pitch then match it on the harmonica).
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> Incidentally for those who want to know whether they're hitting the correct
> bends (or even the correct notes when playing a tune) I'd highly recommend the
> Bendometer at http://www.harpsoft.com I use this program myself while
> practising, and I find it VERY useful. (Usual disclaimer, just a satisfied
> client etc.)
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