Re: [Harp-L] Name any other instrument that...

[George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert, to answer your question, NO.  But there are instruments built in
more than one key for reasons [maybe] similar to singing songs in different
keys.  For the human voice, the key of a song is chosen so that the
vocalist is singing in their range.  While Bb trumpets are widely accepted
as the standard key, there are also trumpets in C, D, Eb, and Piccolo (high
Bb). The primary reason that a trumpet player will play a trumpet in any
key other than Bb is "because the composer wrote [transposed] the part that
way" Another reason I have heard is that "the valve combinations (scale
patterns) lay easier to play"

On Saturday, December 6, 2014, Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A student pointed out that harmonica is the ONLY instrument you change for
> each key. Are there others?
>
> Robert Hale
> Serious Honkage in Arizona
> youtube.com/DUKEofWAIL
> DUKEofWAIL.com
>


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