Re: Newbie questions

[Peter Harlan <pharlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:02 AM 7/14/2004 +0200, Keith Freeman wrote:

> > My thinking is that, since I haven't already invested
> > a lot of time learning the more standard tuning, I
> > might as well start out with something thar might offer
> > more versatility. Does this make sense?
>It certainly did to me when I started learning chromatic harmonica a few 
>months ago! I
>looked at the various tunings and decided that diminished made the most 
>sense for the
>music I want to play (jazz, Brazilian). It does make playing in the tonic 
>key of the
>instrument (in your case D) more difficult, but once you've mastered that 
>level of
>difficulty the other keys doesn't get much more difficult. With the three 
>"fingerings" you
>can play in all twelve keys!
>
>-Keith

Just when I was starting to think everybody was going to advise
me start off with the solo layout...

Score: traditionalists 2, revisionists 1

Thanks for your point of view, Keith!

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