Re: [Harp-L] half-valving

[Eric Miller <miller.eric.t@xxxxxxxxx>]

my quest for chromaticism is fairly shallow: I just want to avoid having to
master overblows (and the harp customizing that goes along with it) to get
the full blues scale all the way up the harp in 2nd pos and 2nd pos minor.
 I'm years away from caring about being a fully chromatic player in the
other positions, both from an interest and a skill perspective.

So far, the PB tuning has pretty much nailed it for me.  The addition of
valving (at least on the 5 hole) will pretty much make it a "perfect
instrument" for my near future.

thanks for the feedback, Jon!




On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:15 PM, JON KIP <jonkip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> sounds good to me....
>
> the only issue with playing chromatically on diatonic is that nobody does
> it in tune... some get close, but there are always lapses in pitch... this
> is fine for solo work, I suppose, but unison with another instrument is
> usually out of the question.....
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> you'll have fun.... I'm not a diatonic guy at all, but I did investigate
> PB and PT, and ended up with PT's version as being the easiest for me to
> play.
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> even manufactured my own valves for fun....
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> which shows you what silly people (me) do for "fun"
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> jon kip
> player of silly music, mostly written by dead people, since they can't
> complain.
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> http://passtheblame.com/jon_vs_smile.html
> http://passtheblame.com/jon_vs_scrapple.html
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