Re: [Harp-L] RE: Harp-L Digest, Vol 117, Issue 45

[John Kerkhoven <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I once tried playing a country tune in E on a C harp, spur of the moment, live setting, sitting in with some friends, i.e., 5th pos. major. That was a wake-up call. 

John


> I am trying to play chromatic more than diatonic these days, and would like
> to include it in this discussion, since I reference position as part of my
> concept on chrom.
> Playing a C chromatic (in my case bebop tuned, so blow 4 and 8 are Bb) in A
> is 4th position! Hope everyone agrees . . .
> So to play the C#, F# and G# that are required for the key of A major, I
> press a button. Hmm, sounds easy . . .
> However, A major is one of the toughest keys to play smoothly on the chrom.
> More to the point, any song that stays in any mode of A which I play on
> this instrument can be considered to be in 4th position. So, Am, A7, A
> major all qualify.
> Lastly, even tho A is hard on the C chrom, I can't imagine playing, oh,
> say, Amy by Pure Prairie League on a C diatonic. Anybody do that?
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Hellerman, Steven L. <
> shellerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Never tried playing 4th in a major, which brings me back to the question:
>> Is that (playing, say, a C harp when the tune is in A major, not minor) a
>> straight or cross harp technique? Or something else?
>> 
>>