Thought some of you might be interested in this video of Chris Bauer and I doing "Three Little Words" at the Virginia Harmonicafest last month. I love playing with chromatic players. As most of you know, I play half-valved diatonic and I think it moves the instrument closer to the sound of the chromatic while retaining the unique characteristics of the diatonic.Madness!!!!
thats great you've really got those horn lines down on the diatonic, with taste i might add, sounds like jazz to me, and the lines your playing lay right on the harp as opposed to some other players who think they are playing jazz because they blow fast meaningless notes, thanks for posting this. btw what is the difference the valves make and what key is that harp and what holes are valved.
i can answer this one joe... valves are plastic windsavers that allow air to be blocked off of the draw reeds on 1-6 when u blow, and the blow reeds on 7-10 when u draw, and makes it possible to blow/draw bend those holes. its much easier to hit the notes exclusive to overblows than on a regular diatonic. Ive been playing mine exclusively for about three weeks now. I love it. Madness!!!!
you go to the seydel website and you can find out more info on valved harps...
oh and PT, i think your valves, much to Buddha's chagrin, is a breath of fresh air and something that could very possibly take off. much more so than it is now...
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Last Edited by on Apr 02, 2010 10:41 PM
Wow Having only been playing chrom a few weeks, that is amazing they speed he is playing, I can just about manage a few tunesand 'hit the button' at the right time.
Adam- I left one post in case you need it for finding the ISP or anything. (I have no idea if you need it or not.)
Last Edited by on Apr 03, 2010 2:23 PM
