Re: Newbie questions

[Mudharp@xxxxxxx]

Yep a chromatic is very different from a diatonic. But diatonic is what it's 
called and referring to it as a "blues harp" places limits on it right out of 
the shoot. Yes I know that's not what this thread is about, but makeing it 
sound like diatonics are for blues and blues alone could be misleading. There are 
a lot of players on and off this list who have taken the diatonic harmonica 
way beyond blues. 

T. Albanese

In a message dated 7/13/2004 5:55:56 PM Central Standard Time, 
chromatics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> The chromatic is very different to a diatonic. I, a
> chromatic player, am completely lost when someone shoves a blues harp into
> my hand and tells me to play! I never really, as it seems most people did,
> learn a diatonic before progressing to a chromatic. Also, I've never had
> that overwhelming desire to play the blues, and hence invest the time in
> learning the blues harp.
>