From: Lillest~ol.com Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:32:36 -0500 Subject: Re: Db Chromatic songs -- why?
>> George Harmonica Smith, and Little Walter did this on a number of tunes. I'm not sure why they were inspired to play this way really, both sides of the harp respond about the same, and a 1/2 step change dosen't really put the piece in a new vocal range. I'd be surprised if the rest of the band preferred the new key. Perhaps they did it just for the variation, perhaps to get the full use out of the harp (when the other half of the harp got worn and out of tune).<<
Maybe, but I think a C chromatic sounds much "blusier" when you raise it to Db. And you'd be surprised at the difference that half-step makes when you're doing vocals. I really like this key with chromatic - but guitarists don't seem to be fond of it (it's not a key that they play a lot :) )
