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The chromatic harmonica has a button on the side you play the normal major scale, and with a strong touch, gives you all the steps or half notes in between.
This can be any scale, play in any key, but
not bend notes very well on this instrument, so you are not the same "get bluesy" sound as on the diatonic.
Reading music and song tab for the chromatic-The chromatic harmonica hole layout is similar (sometimes referred to as "Solo" tuning ") To the hole diatonic layout (referred to as" Richter "tuning), but not the same, so number tablature is different.
Many reached chromatic Players are able to standard musical notation that song tab eliminates the need for reading.
The chromatic is mostly used for jazz, classical and pop the chromatic harmonica is commonly used in jazz, classical, pop, melodies and music that require more than a 7-note scale (like the one on a standard diatonic).
A classic example of where a chromatic would be required is the theme song from "Midnight Cowboy". The original theme from "Sesame Street" was played on a chromatic.
People who play the chromatic harmonica, Stevie Wonder, Toots Thielemans, Larry Adler and three of the most famous players of this instrument.
The 40's and 50's were the heyday of the 'Harmonica Bands' (like the "Harmonicats" and "Harmonica Rascals") and were mostly led by a chromatic harmonica player.
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Chromatic Harmonica $9.95 By Tommy Morgan. For Harmonica. Method/Instruction; Miscellaneous Instrument - Harmonica. Book. 48 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing |
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Hohner Educator 10 Chromatic Harmonica C $39.99 A valveless harmonica that's an ideal starter chromatic. |