Re: [Harp-L] Easy (Easier) Chromatic Jazz Tunes

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 25, 2006, at 8:02 AM, Thomas Duggan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I usually play diatonic but I got a chromatic Harmonica two  
> Christmases ago from
> my ex. It's a chrometa 8. I've spent the last few days picking out  
> bits of
> tunes, but have only had luck finding a few tunes that can be  
> transposed, that
> will fit the range and are interesting. Does anyone know any narrow  
> range jazz
> standards that would lie well on the smaller chromatics?

My theme song.......Killer Joe


> Most of the standards
> I usually play (on guitar/bass/diatonic harp) surprisingly have a  
> wider range
> than I can fit on my chromatic. I've only found a couple of tunes  
> so far (folk
> tunes aside).
>
> If I get good enough on the chrometa I'm going to treat myself to a  
> chromatic
> with a wider range.... So this is obviously of the upmost  
> importance...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thom