RE: [Harp-L] Ballads Harp Vs Sax

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes.

Body and Soul or My One and Only Love would be a better example than
it's a wonderful world.




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>From: plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Ballads Harp Vs Sax
>Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 16:44:04 -0400
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>>Been listening to sax ballads by Getz/Gilberto (e.g. Girl From
>Ipanema etc.) and Charlie Parker (Jazz Jam) and I am wondering
>whether anyone has ever done a convincing evocative jazz ballad
>(basically creating a totally relaxed mood) on a diatonic with or
>without overblows? 
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>>Has this been done on diatonics? Can it be done given the inability
>to play certain notes legato and given the colour of bent and OB
>notes?
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>>Toots seems to be able to play legato on the Chro, is this a chro
>thing or can it be done on diatonics?
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>>Any tips on shaping notes the way they do on saxes? how do they do
>that? I hear it, but I don't know what I'm hearing? is it bending or
>just amplitude changes? 
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>>By the way, here's a thought: if ballads and straight ahead jazz
>can't be done on diatonics without cherry picking,  then maybe it
>means a diatonic harmonica is not a general instrument. Sort of like
>a tuba, an instrument that can only be used in certain places or
>roles. In which case maybe that means blues players are normal and
>overblowers are just excentric (nutty) people  ;-)
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>>Here's a challenge, play its A Wonderfull World ballad style (e.g.
>creating a totally relaxed mood) on a diatonic. Toots does a great
>rendition of this tune on the Toots/Kenny Werner CD.  Interesting to
>see if OBers could do this as well as valve diatonic harp guys.
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>>Pierre.
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>>PS: Not sure if the tune I proposed is a good test as I think the
>melody is diatonic anyway. Perhaps 1st position should be excluded.
>Maybe it needs to be done in several positions like Richard Hunter's
>Scrapple challenge.
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Chris Michalek

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