I've had similar trouble getting started on the chromatic and making it
sound like a real instrument rather than a little machine that plays
notes. I think it has a lot to do with your own tone (which seems to be
produced differently than on diatonic harps). If you work on the attack
(start soft and get louder, or vice-versa, on every note), using slight
bends in and out of some notes, the timing of when to press the button
between notes, and especially vibrato, I think these all come together to
make the chromatic sound more musical. Maybe it is harder to get that
sweet sound out of the chromatic because the valves prevent all the nice
overtones that come easily when playing the diatonic. Chromatic experts
can now correct every single thing I just wrote. ;-)
Jonathan
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