[Harp-L] Couldn't we rename our instruments ?

[Slim Heilpern]

Ever since I heard Howard Levy play, I’ve been in favor of moving away from “Chromatic Harmonica” to “Slide Harmonica” for the reasons Sebastien raised (essentially, since chromaticism doesn’t require a slide). However, I expect that it will be a very slow evolution at best. In my own performances and liner notes, I tend to use both terms. I like ‘slide’ especially since it’s also used for trombones and guitars (although there is the “button accordion”) and because it sounds cooler and has fewer syllables (“harmonica” is already syllable-heavy).

- Slide Man Slim

> On Oct 12, 2017, at 4:55 AM, Chesper Nevins <chespernevins at xxxxx> wrote:
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> Perhaps the "Harmonica" and the "Slide Harmonica"?  
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