Re: [Harp-L] 1st Chromatic ?

["David Priestley ( for harp-L)" <dmharpman@xxxxxxxxx>]

 After owning and playing 1000,'s of harmonicas in a large number of 
professional performance situations from harmonica trio to playing with 
Buddy Guy I find the 14 hole a useful item. being in C and starting from 
the G below middle C.

This is useful because so many tunes in C start below the tonic. I 
currently  have a Herring 14/56 though I have also have had them from 
Hohner, Suzuki and Yamaha, all of which worked well. So often if one 
uses the 16/64 one ends up not using the first two holes that much at all.

I also like using chromatic harmonicas in keys other than C, As they 
most often are 'low' tuned.

 It's all much of a 'horses for courses' thing or any excuse for 
getting another harmonica is a  good one ;-)

yours David

On 01/10/2011 17:34, Gary Lehmann wrote:
> First, a disclaimer--I spent a year working for Suzuki as their harmonica
> repair guy.
> I really like their SCX line, they are well built, airtight, sound great,
> and good bang for the buck (used to be really good before they raised the
> prices).
> If you get an SCX-48, get it in G--C is too high.
> For that reason, I recommend you get the SCX-56, which starts on G, but is
> tuned to C solo tuning--just like holes 4-7 on a diatonic, but on holes 3-6,
> 7-10 and 11-14 (unless you start counting from hole 3, the first C--in that
> case, 1-4, 5-8, and 9-12.)
> I like the CX-12 too, but they cost a bit more, and only come in 12 hole
> models--if you get one of those, get a G!

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