[Rhodes22-list] Carnegie Hall

[Herb Parsons]

I was pretty sure it was diatonic, but not 100% sure. It sounded like 
one to me. When he played Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, I thought he did 
well, but with a little practice, I could have done the same. Then he 
played the William Tell Overture, and I couldn't have TOUCHED that 
performance. That was where he bent notes so well, and (again, not 100% 
sure, I'm no musician), I think he bent notes on some of the chords. 
THAT's a trick friends.

I play a little harp. Not much anymore, and was never really good. I 
made up for lack of talent with trying to learn something about them. 
It's really a neat little instrument. BTW, I play a little of a LOT of 
instruments, but I'm not very good at any of them. Don't need to be, 
it's fun anyway. My favorite of those that I can actually get decent 
music from is the hammer dulcimer, another diatonic instrument. I guess 
I like diatonic instruments because you can make pretty sounds without 
being good :


Steven Alm wrote:
> Mike and Herb,
>
> Just gave it another listen.  No way that's a chromatic.  You can hear that
> distictive tone of notes being "bent" which is not usually done on a
> chromatic.  He bends the notes so precisely that it almost sounds
> chromatic--almost.  Herb, you get extra points for using the term
> "diatonic."
>
> Slim  (favorite harp player--Magic Dick of the J. Giles Band, esp. "Whammer
> Jammer")
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> I can't say for 100% sure, but I don't think that was a chromatic harp.
>> Too many chords, usually they're harder to play on a chromatic than they
>> are on a diatonic.
>>
>> Michael D. Weisner wrote:
>>     
>>> What a treat!!  Just 10 little holes!  Well OK, it was probably a
>>>       
>> chromatic
>>     
>>> but still, the guy is fantastic!  I get a headache just thinking about
>>>       
>> the
>>     
>>> breathing ...
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>>
>>> From: "Steven Alm" <stevenalm at gmail.com>Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008
>>>       
>> 5:01
>>     
>>> PM
>>>
>>>       
>>>> This guy's my new hero:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.websbyrick.com/hamonica.html
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