Re: [Harp-L] new video on youtube - another great Canadian harmonica player

[fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx>]

This trend on you tube of just putting up solos is annoying.  Solos 
aren't music once they're removed from the context of the song.  Roly 
Platt is a good harmonica player as far as you can tell given he's only 
playing bits and pieces of songs.  The solo in Somewhere Over the 
Rainbow falls into that category of tunes modified to be playable on a 
standard diatonic.  Given that it's such a familiar tune I found myself 
wanting to hear the standard melody notes.  This song is very playable 
on a Melody Maker tuning.  By the way Daniel's parting shot regarding 
why that tuning works is dead on, the same is true for the natural minor 
and harmonic minor.  12 ET isn't as bad a compromise with all 3 of 
these.  fjm