Re: [Harp-L] Why you should learn chromatic

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

There are people who play everything (and I do mean *everything*) on one
diatonic harmonica. There was a Brazilian jazz player at te last SPAH whose
name I forget. Also Tinus Koorn in holland. Levy could, though he chooses
not to.

Too much work for me. Besides, I prefer the sound of the chromatic for stuff
that modulates a lot.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:57 AM, robert mcgraw <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> > Is it really possible to bend, blow, draw, over blow, and over draw, the
> > entire chromatic scale in all 12 keys on one diatonic harp?
> ---This is a subject of some contention here on  harp-l :-) Here's my
> opinion, for what it's worth: Yes, it can be done and if you're gonna play
> jazz on the diatonic it's a good thing to do  because of the way jazz tunes
> modulate. HOWEVER, I don't think it's practical to try to play everything
> on, say, a C diatonic in the same way you would on a C chromatic. The fact
> is that  the timbre of many of the notes produced via bends, overblows, and
> overdraws simply isn't what you want to play a ballad at a slow tempo in,
> say, Ab on a C diatonic.  Even Howard Levy switches harps, though he  comes
> closest to being able to play fluidly in all 12 keys on a single diatonic.
> WVa Bob
>
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