Re: [Harp-L] RE: harp with horns

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OR, a listen to the Micheal Peloquin CDs will give a good idea of blending harps & horns. The band sounds like 'The Famous Flames'. Great stuff. 
smokey Joe

On Aug 28, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Richard Hunter wrote:

> rosco wrote:
> <Richard - -good point!
> <
> <Richard Hunter writes:
> <
> <'Straight-up harp certainly lives in the trumpet range. Harp through a pitch
> <shifter can live almost anywhere. An octave down puts the harp into tenor
> <sax range; two octaves down puts harp into the tuba range, with a
> <characteristically tuba-like attack.
> 
> I forgot to add: Wade Schuman with Hazmat Modine is an outstanding case in point. Anybody who hasn't heard what Wade does with his pitch shifter (Electro Harmonix POG) and horn section in that band should check it out ASAP.
> 
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