Re: [Harp-L] shortlychromatic (George Brooks' response)

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

It's like Charley (McCoy) and I were talking. If you can't get the  
various semi-tones spot on at any level of 'bentness' at will, you  
won't get the 'call'. I would (personally) add: spot on meaning  
within a reasonable amount of 'cents' (percent).

smo-joe

On Dec 12, 2006, at 11:55 PM, fjm wrote:

> As I've mentioned before I was struck by how spot on PT Gazell's  
> was when I heard him at SPAH.  It's so unusual to hear diatonic  
> harmonica of any sort played to pitch.  It's just so difficult to  
> start and stop notes correctly all the while bending to pitch and  
> maintaining a tone that's somewhat close to what you've heard in  
> your head.  I could spend a lifetime just getting the notes to have  
> a somewhat even timbral quality.  fjm
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