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harmonica speed playing

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 2:38 am
by Jakalas
good day,
so i am still pretty new to harmonica and i was wondering what technique was used in this video ( https://youtu.be/xjcA6PuoCfs ) at the william tell overture section.
cheers
Quinten

Re: harmonica speed playing

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 4:29 pm
by MikeB
Buddy Greene uses a number of techniques in that tune, including toungue-switching and more. If you're referring to the rapid da-da-da da-da-da da-da-da-daa (for my lack of a better way to put it, sorry) it sounds like he's using either his diaphragm or a sort of growl in his throat to rapidly seperate the notes, along with some very rapid tonguing.