[Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 80, Issue 8

[David Fairweather <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>]

If I'm playing amplified diatonic blues there is NO WAY I will use anything
but a Just Intoned harp.   The in-tune difference tones on a Just Intoned
harp add a whole 'nother level to my playing.    And without naming him,  a
well-known top level professional blues harp player once told me that
anybody trying to play classic amplified blues on an Equal Temperament harp
is always going to sound like a "candyass" by comparison.


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> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:10:44 -0400
> From: "Jim Rumbaugh" <jrumbaug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Equal Temperamnet
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> QUOTE " I have been consistently impressed which how much more IN TUNE my
> playing sounds in comparison to the other players. ..... .  Sort of
> validates my long standing
> preference for ET."
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> I do not see it as proof of the value of Equal Temperment. Can you confirm
> they had Just tuning or some other type of tuning??  I do see it as
> confirmation that many "less than proffesional" harp players will play out
> of tune harps or do not maintain their harp's pitch.
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> I have to keep after mine.
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> Jim Rumbaugh
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