[Harp-L] Equal Temperamnet

["John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>]

So, for the last few weeks I've been stopping into play at this open  
jam because i like playing with a couple of the guys in the house  
band. The band leader plays harp and sings.

Now, as sometimes happens at such gatherings, another harp player  
winds up playing on the same tune as I'm playing on,  Sometimes, i'll  
be playing on a tune which the leader is singing, and then he decides  
to take a solo on harp.  Other times, i'll be playing and some harp  
player who has an amp set up on the dance floor in front of the stage  
will pick up his mic and use body language to ask permission to take  
a solo.  I just go with the flow and sometimes comp chord tones or  
chord tone based riffs at low volume intermittently along with the  
guitar during the other harp players solo--or, if it's the leader  
blowing (who plays pretty well), we might start to trade licks.

Anyway, I only play ET harps and most of the other players don't.  I  
have been consistently impressed which how much more IN TUNE my  
playing sounds in comparison to the other players.  I mean, when  
another harp player is playing on the same tune it's a VERY audible  
difference. Some people in the audience have even approached me  
occasionally to mention it, so i'm pretty sure it's not just my own  
imagination or wishful thinking.  Sort of validates my long standing  
preference for ET.

FWIW.

JP