From: Michael Will Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 08:48:52 -0700 Subject: On "Bends"
While I'm thinking about bends...
The term "bend" is misleading in that it makes you think of one note *bending* into another, with a continuous pitch change.
But, many times in harmonica playing, a "bent" note is not accompanied by this pitch swooping. You hit the "bend" directly so it sounds like any other note, and come off it the same way.
I think a different term for describing the different available notes from a reed or reed-pair would be better.
Maybe "altered" or something like that. So you have the 3' be called the 3 draw altered 1/2 step. Then, when you want to distinguish between the continuous pitch change and a "hit it directly" note, the terms aren't confusing or overlapping.
- -- Mic'l http://wj.net/mic-l (Click the Golden Melody for a song)
