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DATE: Tue, 01 Mar 1994 22:30:42 CST
From: ah5~fn.ysu.edu (George W. Miklas)
Subject: Re: Hero harmonicas.



>You latched yourself onto a Tremelo harp. Hohner makes a whole slew of them.
>I bet you either Winslow Yerksa or George Milkas(sp) could give you all
>kinds of things to do with them. As for me, they didn't fit into the blues
>to well, so I've only tinkered with them.
>Anyone else?
>Tim Moody
>MississipppiSaxophone

I don't use tremolo harmonicas for much except where specifically
called for by studio engineers, or if called in the score. Their
"out-of-tune" sound is idiomatic of valse music, et.al. They are
limited to first position only and the diatonic modes a.k.a. church
modes.

Keep On Harpin'
George

--
George Miklas, Bass Harmonicist, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats
E-Mail: ah5~fn.ysu.edu
"Three Gs and an E flat....who would think that these four notes would
be the main theme of a major symphonic work?" Arthur G. Spiro, Ph.D.