RE: [Harp-L] I've been asked to sit in.

["Clayton Gary Lehmann" <hqr@xxxxxxx>]

Well, I tried it . . .
And although there are some mighty powerful draw bends required in the first
octave (just talking about the melody for now), the second octave is pretty
easy--The only real hard note is the F# required for the third note of the
melody, and I feel you can get by (on harmonica in particular) by just
playing the F natural--I think this is what SmoJoe refers to as
"snowjoberol", meaning that the client will be satisfied as long as you
appear satisfied, e.g., "I mean to do that" . . .
I certainly would not try to play this in first position, but then, I'm a
guitar player!
Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Dempster [mailto:rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 10:16 PM
To: Clayton Gary Lehmann
Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] I've been asked to sit in.

When in doubt, start with first position and proceed to second. Unless your
are a pretty good overblower, I wouldn't proceed any further unless the
tunes are in minor keys. If that doesn't work, then try 12th or 11th, but
your keynote is going to be bent, which takes a bit of getting used to.
'Sweet Georgia Brown' is usually performed in F in my experience, by the
way. 
It really depends on what kind of a combo you are playing with; if it's a
New Orleans or Dixieland thing, you can probably make the old jug band licks
work, and in that situation, I'd definitely be starting with first. If you
are doing Sweet Georgia in F, I'd be wanting a low F harp, otherwise you
might loosen some dental work.
RD

>>> "Clayton Gary Lehmann" <hqr@xxxxxxx> 23/03/2009 15:23 >>>
On diatonic? My first guess would be first flat position--so if it's in F
(the last chord), use a C harp so that you can use 3rd position over the
first two bars (D7), 2nd position over the next two bars (G7), 1st position
over the next two bars (C7) and 12th position over the F.
'Course I haven't tried it yet--but I will now!
G

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of hazcon
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 9:02 PM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [Harp-L] I've been asked to sit in.
<snip> sweet Georgia brown'
        I figure if i nail this they might be impressed enuff to ask me to 
do another one..
Before i try and work it out myself i thought i would ask a kind person(is 
there any other sort on the Harp L) to suggest how to approach it?
          I can only confidently play in second.(I know i know).
        

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