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From: j~im.enterprise.net
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 19:04:06 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: DC Blues Festival

On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Joe Terrasi wrote:

> I consider playing "amplified" to be playing by using your hands to create a
> sort of air chamber between the harp and the mike. You color the tone in
> part by altering or opening this chamber. I think of "acoustic" playing as
> leaving some open air between the harp/hands combo. I've heard good
> "acoustic sounding" playing through a guitar amp, and even some "amplified
> sounding" playing through a PA. For me the difference lies mostly in the
> sound.

But the same sort of difference can be acheived without a mike
(totaly acoustic) by creating a tight cup or playing 'open'. So, I
think, by your definition, someone playing totaly acousticaly, but with
their hands cupped around the harp is playing amplified?

Bassey (TSFKAJ)