Re: XB bending vs Overblowing; repost

["M. N." <mnessmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

George wrote:
"I have no doubt that jazz will be played on the XB-40. And ballads that 
modulate and have long exposed notes that will have to be produced by 
bending. To certain people, the result will always be musically unsatisfying 
..."

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The same could be said - by certain people - about any instrument. I've got 
a friend, a BIG jazz fan, whose musical taste I have a lot of respect for. I 
once told him about Howard Levy, and specifically about his Harmonica Jazz 
CD. "He plays jazz standards on a diatonic harmonica!" I said. My buddy 
said, "Why would I listen to that when I can hear a sax play 'em and sound 
better?" He went on to say that, outside of a pure blues context, he 
couldn't stand the sound of a harmonica - any harmonica. It takes all kinds, 
I guess.
The lesson, I suppose, is to play what sounds good to YOU (whether are 
Marine Band, chromatic, XB40, jug, whatever) and tell "certain people" to 
stick it if they don't like it.
MN

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