RE: [Harp-L] Standing at the chromatic

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

_moorcot@xxxxxxxx (mailto:moorcot@xxxxxxx)  writes:

The only  answer is to play the thing a lot more so as to develop a proper 
second muscle  memoryI guess that sums it up! 
The late great Douglas Tate told me he simply couldn't play  a harmonica in 
any key except "c"... I guess he had "perfect pitch". He  used a "c" chromatic 
pretty well exclusively. (TO PLAY IN ALL KEYS!)
>From the age of 8 to 13, I played a chromatic only, in "c" and "g"... Never  
had a problem jumping from one to the other... Then when I was 13 years old, I 
 heard Little Walter, and took up the blues diatonic... I had terrible 
trouble  switching between short harp and chromatic... The difference in tuning 
confused  me terribly.
More than 40 years later, I've "sussed" it...
It is...SIMPLY... Practice.
These days I play 50:50 Chromatic and diatonic.
PS It needn't take YOU 40 odd years. Get out into that wood  shed!
Best wishes
John Walden
London
England