Members souldonor Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 Does anyone play harp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 There were a few around here from time to time before HC 2.0. I take it you play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkfloydcramer61 Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'm a keyboard player who plays some harp with my current country/rock band- just on the few songs with harp parts, such as "Train, Train" (Blackfoot), "Put Some Drive In Your Country" (Travis Tritt) and "Last Dance With Mary Jane" (Tom Petty). I also played some harp with a country band in the 90's and managed to learn some Clint Black and Terry McMillan solos (he played on Garth Brooks' "Ain't Goin' Down"). I do better, overall, on the hillbilly stuff. But harp is just a sideline for me. I wouldn't want it to be a full-time thing- even though sometimes I get more compliments on it than my keyboard playing. It catches people's ear. I still haven't developed what IMO separates the men from the boys of harp playing- a distinctive, killer throat vibrato, like Mark Ford's (Robben's brother) and whoever it was on "Missionary Man". I have a modded bullet mic but don't yet have a dedicated harp amp. That would be mostly unnecessary anyway, because most of the time I go for a cleaner sound and just use a 58 into the PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JR13 Posted January 25, 2012 Members Share Posted January 25, 2012 i started playing today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted February 10, 2012 Members Share Posted February 10, 2012 A bit less than 49 years of harping, usually in a neck rack, but sometimes hand held. My 1st instrument, from age 7...I started back when a Marine Band was around $4.50! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDLMUSIC Posted February 13, 2012 Members Share Posted February 13, 2012 I try to throw a few harp leads into all my gigs. I don't like to overdo it, because a little harp goes a long way. I especially like adding harmonica to German songs using one of those big full-sounding Hohner models that has two or three notes for every hole. Gives me a sound that is very similar to an accordion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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