Re: [Harp-L] Re: Harlem Nocturne

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On May 6, 2005, at 11:40 PM, jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > I played Harlem Nocturne last night. Sop-sax took first run, I did the
> > second. Don't see why someone would even THINK of doing this monster 
> > on
> > diatonic.
>
> I uploaded my diatonic version years ago Joe, but you probably knew 
> that.

 No, actually I didn't
> http://members.aol.com/jazmaan

 I listened to these tunes. I have to hand it to you, the difficulty 
level is such that I would have rather driven a 5 1/2"  hat-pin through 
my right eyeball and into my cerebral cortex than try to attempt them.

 How DO you manage to keep all these different tunings straight? What 
with remembering the patterns of all these tunings AND the different 
positions on a plain old 'standard' harp, my brain would implode :)

 Gotta admit, I am basically a 2nd position hombre.
> That was a Temptation harp.  Now I'm learning it on my XB-Melody.  
> Sounds much nicer than that
> early effort from years ago!

 Makes sense to me. According to the pitch memory built into my head, I 
would say that your expertise on the melody will wash away all your 
other attempts. I always enjoy your playing. I like your style and 
especially your choice of grace notes. They are note combos which you 
don't hear often and are certainly different enough to be noticable. 
All in all it 'marks' your style. (A pleasant style which isn't 
boring).....great job.....

JoJo
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