I spent many years blowing simple unison lines with a sax player and
guitarist. When it's right on, it's a great sound and pretty exhilarating
to the players. Most horn players are "schooled" and usually the ones
writing the lines out. The guy I play with is fussy about the intonation
and usually prefers me to blow the stuff on a chromatic and keep the vibrato
to a bare minimum. For years I had trouble hearing myself because my
chromatics were a lot quieter than my diatonic harps and my amp was usually
maxed out to begin with. The CX-12 chromatic is definitely louder and
easier for me to hear cupped. I'd recommend it, especially for blowing
anything complicated. And because it sounds more like a diatonic harp than
any other chromatic, at least to me.
Having said that, however, there is nothing cooler than the sound of a
diatonic harp and a sax blowing together and the group War is a great
example of this. And for me, the alto sax is my preferred partner if I'm
blowing lines with someone. It just seems to have more of a "bite" than a
tenor.
Mick Zaklan _______________________________________________ Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l