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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:31:35 -0500
From: "Rupert Oysler"
Subject: Re: Anyone tabbed the Norton Buffalo solo on Runaway?

Hey Quincy,

Remember NO one here was born knowing any of this stuff, most of which
wasn't even thought up when we first got forcibly sucked into the 4 hole of
our respective harps......I feel so guilty that you feel so stupid that I
had to rummage through my folder of old tabs (after I finally fouund it...)
and find Runaway- that last run is on a C harp:

4d3d (bent then up)4d5b6b6d7d8d8b9b9b10b (bend down full step)

I have idea what this means anymore, but it used to be some cryptic notation
(in numbers and arrows) that corresponded to Dr. Buffalo's solo, such that
if you stared at this long enough while listening (hopefully slowed down) to
the original eventually it would represent accurately the notes played so
you could then play them (which many students did....)

One thing most players could benefit from is to take that 10 hole blow and
learn to accurately play the note, the 1/2 step bend, and the whole step
bend, and then back up and be able to hold each one. Start to practice this
on a G, or low F, or whatever your lowest harp is, and then work up to C..
and beyond. It might be that will help you duplicate the solo. Plus if you
do things like this on all your harps it will take you beyond this one solo
to a world of your own where you can use your new control to create your own
solos that others are desparately struggling to slow down and copy (not that
I don't think it's a good idea to copy solos and be able to play them-I do).

BTW, I think there's an old thread describing how Dr. Buffalo did this by
moving harps from one armpit to the other or something. I used to do it by
holding two harps in the left hand and two harps in the left, in a sandwich
formed by thumb, harp, first finger, harp, middle finger.

Good luck,

Rupert Oysler
http://www.harprepair.com/
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Quincy~ol.com
To: harp~arply.com
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone tabbed the Norton Buffalo solo on Runaway?

Ok, so now I really feel stupid. After reading about overblows, I thought
that was what blow bends were called. I knew that the last two notes were
on the #10 hole blow, and the first one was bent. I know it is 4 harps,
holding them all together is a challenge. Like I said, I've figured out
nearly every riff except the very last one. I'll just keep working on it by
myself I guess.