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The musical saw is found in the folk music of Russia and rural America, and is a popular vaudeville instrument. [2] The saw is generally played seated with the handle squeezed between the legs, and the far end held with one hand. Some sawists play standing, either with the handle between the knees and the blade sticking out in front of them.
Sebastian began his harmonica soloist career in the late 1930s playing nightclubs and cabarets, where his repertoire initially included swing music. Because very little classical music had been written for the harmonica, Sebastian painstakingly transcribed and adapted suitable works that had been composed for other wind instruments or for violin.
The saw is played by scraping an object, usually an old knife blade, along the saw's teeth, while bending the saw to produce a different timbre. The sound is similar to a paper being ripped, and is believed to be the origin of the term ripsaw. In the Bahamas, Cat Island is the only place to celebrate rake-and-scrape on a large scale.
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Memorial tablet to Larry Adler, Golders Green Crematorium. Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 [1] – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player and film composer. . Known for playing major works, he played compositions by George Gershwin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benja
Hilliard Gerald Adler (October 30, 1918 – March 13, 2010) [1] was an American harmonica player whose performances have been used in numerous film soundtracks.. Adler was born in Baltimore, and early in his childhood mastered the harmonica, winning a local talent contest sponsored by the Baltimore Evening Sun at age 13.
Mike Stevens is a Canadian harmonica player from Bright's Grove, Ontario. He is best known as a bluegrass musician. During his career he has had hundreds of performances at the Grand Ole Opry. [1] He is also known for his work connecting creative artists with indigenous youth in isolated communities as part of the ArtsCan Circle. [2] [3]
Walter Horton (April 6, 1921 [2] – December 8, 1981), known as Big Walter (Horton) or Walter "Shakey" Horton, was an American blues harmonica player. A quiet, unassuming, shy man, he is remembered as one of the premier harmonica players in the history of blues. [3] Willie Dixon once called Horton 'the best harmonica player I ever heard'. [3]