Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 01:54:02 +0900 From: PFD007~iftyserve.or.jp (Masaaki Shigehara) Subject: Classics played by harmonica
>could you possibly list a few of the more well known (and perhaps some that >are easier) classical pieces for (or adaptable to) harmonica, especially >those that might be suitable for diatonic?
I have some music books arranged for tremolo solo play, and one of them includes an operetta walts "Merry Widow", which is the one I most like to play. And another one includes "Hungarian Dance No.5", "Fur Elise" etc. But they are written as number score, which shows base note ("Do") always as 1, different from one, as to say 'hole number score', sometimes used for 10-holes. To play "Hungarian Dance No.5" by tremolo harmonica is very difficult. The score I have requires 5 tremolo harmonicas of different keys to use. But, maybe for such a difficulty, many players try to play it in concerts. And I hear that Joe Sakimoto, a Japanese chromatic player have played with orchestra many times. He have also released the chromatic harmonica CD featureing Foster's songs. --- Masaaki Shigehara from Tokyo, JAPAN PFD007~iftyserve.or.jp (preferred) or HX6M-SG~sahi-net.or.jp ---
