Re: âRe: [Harp-L] flat keys

[Warren Bee <wbharptime2@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have always liked the 'feel' of the B harp. I agree Rick the B is a sweet
spot of the lineup! I used to push my jamming buddy's to capo up one fret
and play some G blues for me so I could break out the Bee :-)

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I like the 'feel' of a B harp. Not sure how much of that is to do with
> 'ears' or how much to do with 'mouth etc.'.
> Not as shrill as  a C, and not os muddy as a Bb or A.
>
> On 9 September 2014 06:31, Warren Bee <wbharptime2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> When I first started in my early teens the store sold me a B harp. Me
>> thinks that they saw this unsuspecting kid that didn't know  A from B from
>> C. B harps tend to stay in inventory longer than the more popular keys.
>> Then for my next harp I got sold an E! Not flat keys but "odd" keys for
>> sure. I loved 'em both and loved their sound. Bought Glovers book and then
>> started meeting guitar players and learned that F# and B were not the most
>> popular blues keys. Within a year I had a full set. Shoveled a bunch of
>> driveways  and mowed a lotta lawns to feed my new addiction. It has
>> treated
>> me well. My drug of choice.
>>
>> wb
>>
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