Re: Hello all!

--- In [email protected], Russ Gaippe <cwnorthrup@y...> 
wrote:
> Hey Steve,
>  
> Glad you are here. Not too much going on here.  Never seems to keep 
going.
> Maybe you can start something? Although it seems you have tried and 
no one
> has answered. I have no experience with playing a larger harp with 
a mic but
> don't you use a lav mic anyway? I'm about to start using a lav mic 
with my 10 
> holers to see how well it sounds with the rest of the set up.
>  
> Russ
> 
> Steve Shaw <moorcot@m...> wrote:
> 
> Greetings!  My name is Steve Shaw and I play traditional music from 
> Scotland, England and Ireland on diatonic harmonicas.  I can see 
> that I'm not a complete unknown hereabouts as Russ and Dave also 
> hang around...!
> 
> Whilst I play 10-hole single-reeded harps for most of the tunes I 
do 
> use tremolos too.  When I first started with tremolos I bought some 
> cheap "Weekenders," which are actually pretty good, but I was 
> frustrated by the fact that they only came in the key of C (though 
I 
> was told by Donald Black, the traditional Scottish player, that 
they 
> were once available in D).  Of course, the great thing about these 
> is the complete octave at the low end - unlike my next purchase, a 
> double-sided Echo (in D and G), which had the blues harp tuning at 
> the low end, so no 4th or 6th note of the scale.  But I'm an 
> inveterate tinkerer, and so I retuned the 2-draw note up by a whole 
> tone to get the missing 6th back.  As 2-draw and 3-blow are the 
same 
> note in the blues harp tuning, I hadn't lost a note by doing this 
> but I had gained a very important one.  So I did this on the D side 
> and the G side, which meant a considerable alteration of pitch of 
> four reeds, as each note has two reeds of course.  The 4th is still 
> missing of course, but it's actually very rare that you need this 
> note in Irish tunes.  Out of hundreds I've come across, I can only 
> think of two that need it, so that doesn't trouble me at all.  I 
> also did some fine-tuning to get the harp into equal temperament 
> tuning, and I mess about with the degree of tremolo to get what 
> sounds like a sweet tone to my ear.  All this work could have been 
> avoided had I known about the Suzuki tremolos!  But I do like the 
> Echos - I find them reliable and long-lasting, and the double-sided 
> ones are very useful in Irish medleys when you need a key-change - 
> you can soon get to be very adept at flipping the harp over.  
> Obviously, you need the right keys for this - I have one in A/D as 
> well as my D/G, which are the correct combinations for Irish.
> 
> Anyway, that's enough about "me and my tremolos" for now!  I'm glad 
> I've found the list and I look forward to some ardent exchanges!
> 
> One aspect I wondered if anyone has experience of is playing 
> amplified - especially with a hand-held microphone - with larger 
> harps that you can't easily cup.  I'd be grateful to hear of 
> anyone's expertise!
> 
> Steve  
> 
> http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/trad_irish_harmonica 
> HEAR my CD clips: http://www.gjk2.com/steveshaw/cd.htm 
> READ review of my CD: http://www.irishmusicreview.com/sshaw.htm   
> 
> 
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Steve,
I used to have a duo with a guy who tap-danced and played chromatic 
(I played guitar then), and he used a good 'ol Shure 57 held right up 
against the back of the chrom (a 270 or Toot's hard-bopper, usually). 
The mic had a short cord going to a wireless transmitter on his hip.
He must've held a tight grip on this, and I don't think he bothered 
trying to cup since he already had his hands (and feet!) busy. This 
is the only experience I've had mic'ing in a live situation. 
I've heard that some people use lav's, but I don't know how one would 
deal with the feedback problem, 'cause the (relatively) loud volumes 
one usually requires for live playing.
There are some custom solutions out there, too, if you look around on 
the web.
Let us all know how things work out, I'll have to consider mic'ing my 
265 bass harp someday, so all info is helpful to me.
Thanks,
James Archer





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