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July 10, 2015 at 1:26 am #5602TomParticipant
Thanks, Quetscher. Looks like I better stop messing around and work on that diaphragm vibrato which sounds so great. I appreciate your insights.
TomJuly 9, 2015 at 2:01 am #5594TomParticipantHi Quetscher,
Thanks for your comments and analysis of the jaw vibrato. What you said about moving the jaw affecting the diaphragm makes sense. Another reason I am curious about this type of vibrato is I saw Mario Duenas playing the saxophone on YouTube and was wondering if jaw vibrato was the type he used on his wonderful melodica version of My Funny Valentine. Can I ask what type of vibrato you use, especially on your moving rendition of Summertime posted on the site? Also in your earlier post above about the three types of vibrato I see a vibrato produced by the diaphragm and one by the throat but somehow I’m not catching the third type. Maybe it is using the spit vavle?
Tom
July 5, 2015 at 3:42 am #5562TomParticipantWhat a great recording. At first I couldn’t figure out the whistle that was doubling the melody (until her reread the description). It almost sounded like Toots whistling along with his own harmonica 🙂 Wonderful effect. It’s so great to hear jazz played at such a high level on the melodica. And it’s so interesting to hear the diversity amongst all of the various melodica sounds. I don’t think there are too many acoustic instruments that have as much diversity.
July 5, 2015 at 2:46 am #5561TomParticipantJuly 5, 2015 at 2:45 am #5560TomParticipantWhile working on vibrato I came across this saxophone vibrato instructional video which advocates using the jaw to produce vibrato. Before finding it I noticed this was the type of vibrato I was naturally attempting but am far from mastering. So I’m curious to hear what experienced melodica players feel about this type of vibrato.
June 21, 2015 at 5:28 pm #5509TomParticipantHi Rodion, I am a beginner melodica player myself so I can’t comment with any expertise but it sounds good to me. You might know this already but something else you can try is to improvise based on the melody the second time around. I also play guitar and would like to create a self duo video like yours. Is this something that can be done with an iPhone or iPad or do you need a special camera/software? Tom
June 10, 2015 at 6:06 am #5457TomParticipantGlad you guys enjoyed it. And thanks for the harp players name, Rodion. That is an efficient looking two-handed technique. I haven’t tried to play with two hands yet but it looks like he mostly reserves the left hand for the lowest keys. Interesting.
TomJune 8, 2015 at 1:44 pm #5440TomParticipantThanks Alan and Lowboy for your insights and recommendation. I pick up a Hohner Piano 26 most likely from ebay. In the meantime if anyone decides to part with a Clavietta please let me know. Thanks guys.
TomApril 16, 2015 at 2:52 pm #4700TomParticipantThanks Paul I appreciate your comments.
April 13, 2015 at 9:50 pm #4658TomParticipantHi Paul, thanks for your reply. I’m sure the melodica sounds great on slow ballads. When you were transferring scales to the melodica did you have to develop the thumb tuck technique (not sure what the official term is)? It’s hard for me to tell from the YouTube videos I’ve seen if people are tucking their thumbs under or are just shifting their hands as they go up the keyboard. I’m also curious what you mean by one finger per key? Thanks for sharing that great video and your thoughts.
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