[Harp-L] A Night In Tunisia

[George Brooks <gbrooks1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Michalek writes:

>Someone tried to call me out by saying
>I under estimate the number of OB's.

Hmmm, not clear.  Does Chris mean the number of overblows in A NIght In 
Tunisia or the number of overblowers?

As both Michael Peloquin and I posted previously, A Night In Tunisia 
played on an Ab harp (7th position) requires exactly one overblow, 
which occurs in the bridge and which can be "ghosted" or simply implied 
without serious harm to the musical line.  There are no overdraws.  
Since there are no crucial OB's in the tune, the number of 
"overblowers" on the List doesn't really have a direct bearing on how 
many can play A Night In Tunisia.  The tune played in 7th position, 
will, however, determine how many fully competent draw benders there 
are.

For those wanting to try the tune in seventh position, the first 9 
notes are as follows:

hole 1 draw bend;
hole 1 draw;
hole 2 draw bent all the way down (a whole tone);
hole 3 draw bent down a whole tone;
5 blow;
4 draw;
hole 3 draw bent down a whole tone;
4 blow;
4 draw bend.

Have fun!

George