Re: [Harp-L] Chromatic Harmonica Ragas

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are the chromatic harmonica ragas currently available?

Howard Levy's new Out of the Box instructional DVD for diatonic
includes a piece called Raga Fantasy. To what extent it follows the
true raga form I don't know. A snippet of it can be heard at his
website http://levyland.com. Another player who might have done
something in this area on diatonic is the Swiss player Roland Van
Straaten.

Winslow

--- Rebecca Davis Winters <wordworkshop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We have been talking a little about Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson of Canned
> Heat.
> Another really unique thing that he did was to record chromatic
> harmonica
> ragas. He had originally recorded these in 1966, for John Fahey's
> Takoma
> label. They were not released until 1968, however, one being included
> in
> part on Canned Heat's "Living the Blues" album that year.
> 
> Has anyone else been known to play ragas on the chromatic harmonica?
> 
> Could one play a raga on the diatonic? I have never tried.
> 
> -- 
> Rebecca Winters
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