harmonica envelope
Thu, 07/12/2018 - 06:31
Hi david,
When listening to my recordings I've found that I have a small tendency to be late coming in on notes, particularly low ones. My sense of rhythm is just fine, and I know when I'm supposed to be coming in while I'm playing it. I'm thinking this may have to do with the actual attack of the instrument. I'm used to playing instruments where this just isn't a concern - push a key, pluck a string, bang a drum, etc. Do you ever deliberately come in a split split split second early to allow the sound to develop and land on time?
thx,
anthony
Hello Anthony. Sure, whatever it takes to play in time. I do this commonly with bent notes. When playing 3" for example, I feel a lag in the note sounding, so I start to breathe earlier.