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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 03:19:27 -0700
From: "IronMan Mike Curtis"
Subject: Re: diatonic to chromatic

On 12 Jul 2001, at 22:37, Duane Graves wrote:

> Tell me, is it nearly blasphemy to ask that once one learns the
> diatonic harmonica does he graduate to the chromatic harmonica? and
> how hard is it to learn to play the chromatic anyway?

Blasphemy, no way. It's just heresy :-)

But seriously, diatonic and chromatic are simply two rather different
instruments with a few things in common. Some play one, some play
the other, and some play both.

Some forms of music, generally speaking, tend to work better on
diatonic, and some generally on chromatic.

And then there are those of us who for one reason or another want to
push the limits of diatonic and play chromatic music on it, just as
there are those (most particularly blues players) who, more or less,
play what we might consider a form of "diatonic blues" (i.e. chords
and such) on a chromatic.

Just my opinion, but I think it's good from a pragmatic standpoint to
learn on a cheap diatonic first. simply because it's not uncommon for
beginners to ruin harmonicas from improper playing, and diatonics are
cheaper.

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