Re: [Harp-L] Question for Rob P or anyone else who plays chrom and diatonic

["Bill" <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Ricardo
There's no problem switching from diatonic to the chrom it's the other way I 
have difficulty.  I play pucker only on the diatonic and so my embouchure is 
much shallower.  I find there are advantages as well though, like getting 
the sound of specific intervals in your ear and using them in real life 
rather than theoretically like you do when ear training or using my clumsy 
keyboard skills.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Riccardo Grosso - RGBand" <riccardogrosso@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Bill'" <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:04 PM
Subject: R: [Harp-L] Question for Rob P or anyone else who plays chrom and 
diatonic


All I have to say is that you are playing two different instruments. So you
have to think in two different ways. Like for a keyboards player: when he
play a piano or a Hammond organ...he has to think in different ways. I use
to put the diatonic deeper in my mouth than I use to do with chromatic. Try
to think that you want push the chromatic away using only your lips. Maybe
that will help ya. At least it works fine with me.

Cheers man!
Riccardo Grosso - RGBand

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] Per conto
di Bill
Inviato: Saturday, February 21, 2009 5:20 PM
A: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Oggetto: [Harp-L] Question for Rob P or anyone else who plays chrom and
diatonic

I've been meaning to ask someone who plays both diatonic and chromatic this
for a while.  I find that since I've been playing chromatic (it's only been
a few months but i'm working hard and it feels like i'm getting somewhere
with it) my diatonic embouchure is all over the place and it's had a really
negative effect on my tone and i hate the sound I'm making.  Partly I think
this was because I found I was breathing differently, so i consciously
addressed that but i have real problems adjusting between the two.  My hope
when I started to learn the chrom was that i would be able to switch between

the two but the way things are that's not going to happen as i find that i
have to practice for ages to get my diatonic technique back.  Does anyone
have any tips?

I think of myself as a reasonably advanced player in that i can play
chromatically on the diatonic on the mid range harps from 2 blow up and can
make a good stab at All The Things You Are - it's a lot more fun and sounds
a lot nicer on the chrom but if someone wanted me to play to something like
Watermelon Man or Cantaloupe Island etc I think I'd always rather do that on

the diatonic.

I like the idea as Rob says of twice the joy and twice the money!

I've tried A Train on the diatonic in first by the way and failed
miserably - it's a pig!

Thanks

Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <EGS1217@xxxxxxx>; <randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: Subject: [Harp-L] Chromatic Blues


> Thank You so much Elizabeth & WVBob for the kind words....
>
> I'm one of those players that doesn't like to make big deal about the
> 'different' types of instrument, button or not LONG reeds short
> reeds...it's
> ALL GOOD and ALL Harmonica to me. Playing BOTH has brought me TWICE as
> much
> JOY and made me TWICE as much Money!,-)....
>
> Ofcourse, when I first started my chromatic playing was limited to what
> has
> become known as 'Blues Chromatic' or 3rd position....but after I heard
> Cham-Ber Huang and Blackie Shackner....I went into serious BUTTON mode,-)
>
> My biggest thanx though are to Danny Wilson....he really open my ears and
> eyes in the 70's and welcomed me into one of the greatest organizations
> I've
> been proud to be part of for over 30yrs........SPAH....if you love your
> Harmonica...do NOT hesitate....JOIN TODAY....some SERIOUS 'bang for your
> buck' with this club!!
>
> Peace,
> Rob Paparozzi
>
> On 2/20/09 11:35 AM, "EGS1217@xxxxxxx" <EGS1217@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Oh Wow....I thought EVERYone knew Rob was an incredible chromatic player.
> > It's how I know him primarily...his diatonic stuff is great, to be sure,
> > but
> > Rob
> >  as a chrom player - especially on jazz or jazzy blues, is one of THE
> > men...at  SPAH, Buckeye....wherever.
> >
> > Elizabeth
> >
> > "Message: 8
> > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:38:43 -0500
> > From: Randy Power  <randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [Harp-L] Chromatic Blues
> > To:  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Message-ID:  <C5C40E83.2E78%randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="ISO-8859-1"
> >
> > John said: I'd like to hear other suggestions for  great players.
> > I¹d like to hear some different variations in style too. I  like Rod
> > Piazza.
> > And I¹ve always wondered... Rob Paparozzi, do yu play  Chromatic?
> > I¹ve heard you on Broadway and down in the Village with Pheobe. I  think
> > it
> > was all diotonic (maybe gin & diotonic...)
> >
> > Randy
> > --
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> All the best,
> Rob Paparozzi
>
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