Re: [Harp-L] simple tunes[Take the A train--corner switching?]

["Xavier Lanusse-Cazale" <xlcazale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello

I use corner switching for that tune at several points in time in the theme,
2 of them being :
"you must take the A ~switch~ train ~switch back~"
"hurry, get ~switch~ on ~switch back~ now it's coming" or something like
that

I play a diminished tuned chromatic so the layout is a bit different but the
intervals are still overall the same in 'hole distance' on the 2 layouts.

I don't play it as legato or fast as I'd like to but my learning curve on
the chromatic is quite slow.

If you want to hear it played quite well on the chromatic, I believe that
you can find it played by Les Thompson on the "toots blues" CD.

Xavier

2006/6/4, robert mcgraw <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> J. Ross wrote:
> For instance, the head to the
> >Strayhorn (Ellington band) piece "Take the "A" Train" is,
> IMO,  unplayable
> >on diatonic and pretty close to it on chromatic (at  speed).
> ---This is a tough tune on chromatic, for sure...at least for me,at my
> stage
> of development on the chro. I simply can't play it legato at a fast tempo.
>
> Just as you said, the intervals, the slide usage. Difficult...my present
> solution is to play it at a slower tempo...and, of course, I work on it.
> ---I will say that one solution I've fiddled with a bit is using corner
> switching, which I know how to do but am not fluent at; this makes the
> intervals in the beginning of the A section easier...anybody use corner
> switching on this tune?
> WVa Bob
>
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