From: midnig~acline.co.uk (David Michelsen) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96 07:46:41 GMT Subject: bottom bend lo D
>> One thing that eludes me though is what kind of harp he uses on "Don't >> let your right hand know". It seems to be in the key of C only one >> octave lower, > >could it have been a 12 hole diatonic? A former friend stole one out >of a studio harper's bag when he was in Nashville( I had nothing to >do with it). And it had a low octave sound. > >BTW I just got a low D harp from Hohner (Big River0 and I like it >very much. I mthink I mentioned before that neither I nor Rick Epping >could bend the 1draw. > >John Frazer JFRAZ~WA.ACUSD.EDU aka Harmonica John Hi all The bottom bends on the lo tuneds harps is much like those on the SBS in C or D. I had given uo trying to bend them till I had a student who could do that thing, so I set about learning how. It is a 'deep throat' kind of thing. When it first starts to happen it sounds a bit wooly (or it did for me) but it soon clears up with work. The bend for hole 1 on a low D is found at the back of the throat/ tongue round about the epiglotis and the hole you make at the lower back of the throat is small due to your pushing the heal of your tongue up and back. It feels a bit like you are choaking at first but it becomes easier but I have tried it, cand do it and live to tell the tale -David
