Re: [Harp-L] Favorite harp key

[Special20 <special20harp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, my very first harp was a Marine Band in E, bought at the local music
store in small town Wyoming in 1973.  I bought an E harp because I wanted to
play in a band and I thought guitars were tuned to E, or something like
that...

Great harp.  I, too, love the way you can pop the reeds.  I always keep one
around, even though I don't think I have ever been asked to play in that
key.

-Spec20


On 5/1/07, Blueharp1@xxxxxxx <Blueharp1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Funny this should come up today. I was playing with a new pitch
> shifter  last
> night, with "1 octave up", "1 octave down" etc., trying out low-pitched
> harps with a tone above and high-pitched harps with a tone below....
> I got so caught up just playing the E harp in cross position, I
> turned  off
> the effect and just had my own little E-party for awhile.
> Something about the responsiveness of an E harp. They always feel  nice
> and
> tight, with a quick response and a satisfying bark coming off a  bend. I
> get
> that (in the best sense) "squealin' feelin'....Not a lot of tunes  based
> in B
> though.
>
> But it got me to thinking, which is generally dangerous: Is a
> well-customized harp going to give me that same sort of response in other
> keys?  I know this
> is a bit subjective. Any insight here?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff G
> Denver
>
> A Rocker in the Rockies....can't  wait.
>
>
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