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Making a song fit a 12

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beads:
Last year I bought a 14 because some of my sheet music dips below middle C. Here is an example of such a song. The chorus, which leads off, starts on Bb below middle C and uses that note two more times. The verse is a bit higher, never going below Eb above middle C. Song is in Eb. The difference in register between the verse and chorus is a feature of this tune. I found that playing the chorus an octave up and then playing the verse lower, as written, sounded very nice and allowed it to all fit on a 12. Simply moving everything up an octave worked, but I felt the verse got a bit high. I think this might be a good alternative for some songs with written notes only found on a 14. 
Harmonica is a Discovery. Mic is SM58 through a Focusrite Scarlett. No effects. Anybody else using this method to fit a tune to a 12?

Gene Oh:
Thanks for posting. Appreciated, Rex!
Wish you a happy day.
Gene

Gerundino:
You did a really good job. An inventive solution for the problem. It sounds very nice. In music, and maybe in real live too, what fits in the frame is the new reality.

SlideMeister:
Nice job Beads, BUT for me, that's the exact reason I like a fourteen holer, or an Orchestra tuned twelve. I like to play mostly in the low-mid range and very seldom venture into the old "dog-whistle" zone.  ;D ;D ;D

Scotty:
There are certain songs and tunes which truly work on a 16 - my main reason for buying one - and then more of those.
I feel restricted on a 12, but while others might like a 14, to me it seems illogical not to then go the two extra notes to
a 16. I mean FOUR octaves - all at one's disposal, when needed. Amazing! They really are easy to play, once one
plays them for a while and becomes used to the size. When one sees a small child playing a 16, it becomes a bit silly
to think that an adult (male or female), unless very, very petite and with very small hands, couldn't play a 16 chrom.

Now, even with a bone chiseled out of my left hand AND severe wrist and thumb arthritis in both hands, I've managed to
get back to playing my 16's - and even the very heavy GoldBar. How could I not?  ;D I didn't buy it as a decoration.
What I also found was that once I began playing a 16, all of the other sizes came far more easily to me. Something to keep
in mind? I still take my cx-12's in A along as my go-to travel chromatics, fwiw. Of course, it's all one's personal choice, but
don't write off 16's if one's never tried them - because someone else thinks of them as 'too big'. :)

scotty

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