[Harp-L] Re: Do teachers & players tend to undervalue first position?

[Boris Plotnikov <ploboris@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Btw, Boris, don't you ever use 5th position (E minor on a C harp)?
Yes, but mostly for practice and for some phrigian scale (flamenco
improvising!). While playing parallel minor to 2nd position ((:
I know and play only two tunes when 5th position works better than
others. Hendrix's "Little Wing" and Kenny Dorham's "Blue Bossa". It's
possible and easy to play bunch of minor tunes in this key, but I
always feel that Dm (3rd pos.) or Am (4th position) sounds better for
me, and I don't know why.
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Thanks, Boris Plotnikov