Re: [Harp-L] big harmonicas

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

very interesting.  I would say most of the pictures I've noticed with these
big harps are indeed mostly old-school players whose body of work seems to
be completely cross harp on the diatonic, and no tunes that suggest to be
on the chromatic.

Now that I think of it, most of the images I'm referring to are from
Pandora album covers.  I'll bet they use chromatics frequently for that
even if the artist never played one in their life (although I'm sure many
did as you suggest).  The chromatic is simply more photogenic due to its
size...makes sense to use a larger one to make it more prominent/visible on
the album as opposed to a tiny 10 hole.


On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Stephen Jennings <harpfixer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> That's a chromatic, I'd say. Many harp players since Little Walter have
> dabbled with chromatic, with varying degrees of success, to the point at
> which it is now an important part of many players' arsenals.
> YMMV
> Steve Jennings
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Miller
> Sent: 09 January 2013 00:44
> To: Harp-L
> Subject: [Harp-L] big harmonicas
>
> so, as a new player who is used to the standard sized 10 hole marine band
> size harp...whenever I see a picture of somebody sporting one of these big
> harps I wonder what they are.
>
> I know chromatics are bigger...but I'm pretty sure a lot of these guys are
> strictly diatonic guys based on their playing styles.
>
> what are these big harps?
>
> here's <
> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LffMieGML._SL500_AA300_.jpg>an
> example
>
> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LffMieGML._SL500_AA300_.jpg
>
>