[Harp-L] transposing instruments

[JON KIP <jonkip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 2, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Winslow Yerxa wrote:

> Years ago I transcribed a Toots Thielemans solo that he played on a G chromatic (East of the Sun, from Man Bites Harmonica). I notated it in the transposed key, and placed this information at the top of the first page. I got complaints from people who were trying to play it on the C chromatic and ignored my explicit and prominent note about the transposition.


shame on them....but you point out a unique situation in the harmonica world... someone learned to read music, but not to read the Written Word......

had you tabbed it, things would have been different....and much quieter.


keep breathing that Good Bay Area Air, Winslow....I miss it.


jk

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