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

[George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx>]

I stand corrected.....
I did not think of Penny Whistles and diatonic Accordions / Buttonbox
Accordions.  I suppose Ocarinas should be added to the list also....

On Saturday, December 6, 2014, 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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