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fred_gomez
103 posts
Jul 03, 2013
10:40 PM
ok after reading about paul delays custom 16 hole chrome in A. i decided to bring my 270 A to practice. they did a yardbirds tune train kept a rollin? i forget but i used the A chrome to play in E. it worked ok but i switched with a 10 hole diatonic. is there a difference? i mean is that why delay had a custom A 16 hole chrome? are there notes i cant get on a 12 hole and thats why i switched to diatonic? i dont get it, do you need 16 holes to play a chrome in 2nd position?
Kingley
2848 posts
Jul 04, 2013
10:25 PM
Fred - A chromatic will play every note in any key. The differences are that diatonic has no slide to remember to press to get sharps and flats, so instead you use bending, over blows and overdraws to get those desired notes. It's also generally speaking a much more emotive sound due to the technique that can be applied to those bends.

With a 16 hole chromatic you have an extra octave on the bottom so it can play every note over a four octave range. Whereas on a 12 hole that is reduced to three octaves.

You can play second position on any chromatic you don't need a 16 hole chromatic to do it. Paul deLay would most likely have had that chromatic made to enable him to utilise the extra octave available.

Last Edited by Kingley on Jul 04, 2013 10:25 PM


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