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11 Dec 06 - 09:28 AM (#1906285) Subject: Andy Irvine's Harp From: GUEST,Guest Bloodied but unbowed Watched a re-run of the fab Mary & The Soldier with Paul Brady. Superb harp playing by Andy, which model does he use? |
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11 Dec 06 - 09:29 AM (#1906286) Subject: RE: Andy Irvine's Harp From: Scrump I thought he played the bouzouki? ... ah... ... see what you mean... ... I'll get me coat. |
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11 Dec 06 - 10:00 AM (#1906331) Subject: RE: Andy Irvine's Harp From: GUEST,Bruce Baillie As far as I know he uses Lee Oscar by Tombo |
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11 Dec 06 - 10:38 AM (#1906367) Subject: RE: Andy Irvine's Harp From: GUEST Thanks Bruce |
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11 Dec 06 - 01:38 PM (#1906549) Subject: RE: Andy Irvine's Harp From: GUEST,Johnmc I, too, have long admired his playing on harmonica; I believe he plays it upside down, with the bass on his right. However, I would love to know how he gets that tone and the bent notes. |
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11 Dec 06 - 04:06 PM (#1906696) Subject: RE: Andy Irvine's Harp From: KateG Oh, you mean harmonica.... When my husband took up the harmonica, it drove me nuts when he referred to it as a "harp," since to me that's a large triangular instrument with lots of strings. Fortunately he switched to the mandolin, so the problem evaporated. In a blues/jazz setting calling a harmonica a harp is standard and fairly unambiguous. But in a folk/trad setting it can lead to confusion. |
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12 Dec 06 - 04:20 AM (#1907191) Subject: RE: Andy Irvine's Harp From: Dave Hanson Andy, being a long time fan of Woody Guthrie would be quite likely to play the gob iron upside down like Woody did. eric |
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12 Dec 06 - 04:26 AM (#1907196) Subject: RE: Andy Irvine's Harp From: Scrump Does playing a harmonica upside down (right to left instead of left to right) make any difference to the sound? I can't see how it would. Any harmonica experts care to comment? |
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12 Dec 06 - 04:45 AM (#1907204) Subject: RE: Andy Irvine's Harp From: Dave Hanson According to Matt Jennings [ Woodys brother in law ] it enabled Woody to get good ' train ' sounds. eric |