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From: DAVID_BARN~P-MountainView-om1.om.hp.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 98 12:11:19 -0800
Subject: Re: Trigger Happy

Adam writes:

>So! Why don't we just give it a nice technical name, like...
>"Metallized Slide Activator" or...
>"Tactile Pitch Adjuster" or...
>"Little Pushy Thingy"
>Then, we can copyright the name, then...

Hey, how about "Digital Pitch Shifter"?! (Nah, I guess that term's been
taken)

Talking of which (additional harp content), last night I played some scales
in G, D, F and Bb, and whatever you choose to call that "Little Pushy
Thingy," I was shocked at how awkward I was at using it, and how
incompetent I am on chro outside of C and (pardon me) third-position blues
in Dm. I became that much more impressed with you who play chromatic
chromatically (or IronMan's dia-chromatic playing). It reinforced, at
least for me, the need for a more structured, almost academic, approach
(which for me includes scales and reading music) to learning to play
all-keys chro than I use in learning diatonic blues harp. This won't be
the approach for everyone, but I think it's the right one for me.

- - Dave