[Harp-L] Eddie Clarke/Irish Chromatic question



In the Eddie Clarke Unheard CD collection's liner notes, Mick Kinsella
explains Clarke focused on keys where the majority of the song used
the button pushed in, releasing the button for ornamentation and
rolls.

Perhaps Clarke is not one of the people who do this, but I was under
the impression some "fiddle tune" chromatic players take the slide off
the harp, turn it upside down and return it to the harp, thereby
making the notes without the button the notes of the C# major scale
and the notes with the button the notes of the C major scale, allowing
for ornamentation and rolls similiar to those of fiddlers.  Am I
mistaken?  Can someone point to a recording/player employing this
technique?

By the way, the Clarke CD continues to be wonderful.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com



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