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

[Doug Allen <doug84770@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tin Whistles

On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 7:01 PM, George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
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> >
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