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From: Mike Curtis
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 14:18:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Bends, Tone, and Timbre

On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Richard Hunter wrote:

>Mike Curtis wrote (regarding bends and overblows):
>>>
>I agree that they're not inherently stable, and are challenging etc..
>However, with proper technique, practice, and control, they can be made
>to be quite stable.
>>>
>
>This is patently untrue if we're talking about a moving line that mixes
>both bent and unbent pitches.

Have you heard Charlie Musselwhites Cristo Redemptor? The first note of
that song is a 3Dbb, although you can't tell by listening for a
"characteristic bend sound", because it's simply not there. It becomes
quite obvious he's actually in third position when you try to play it in
2nd position on an unvalved harp and get into the second verse and run out
of notes :-) (Besides, he himself says he uses third position :-)



-- IronMan Mike Curtis
My CD "Doin' It All Myself" available in Tower, Blockbuster, Camelot, PX