Re: [Harp-L] the practicality of 4th position



Oops!

Michael Rubin points out my brain fart: Bb is the diminished fifth in E
(4th on a G harp), not Db.


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> The note that holds me back from playing more 4th position blues is the
> diminished fifth, e.g., Db on a G harp. It's only as 1 or 4 hole overblows
> (very tricky) or an 8 hole blow bend (pretty high, even on a G harp).
>
>
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Mick Zaklan <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>    I'd refer anyone curious about 4th position to my post on 5/1/10, "4th
>> position, a blues overview".  I think 4th may be the most
>> under-used practical blues position out there right now.
>>    I'd back that up with two SPAH anectdotes.  At the Sacramento
>> convention
>> I used it in the jam circle.  Mark Hummel was in the circle at that
>> time.  When Mark was leaving the convention, Rupert Oysler asked him if
>> anyone's playing had caught his attention during the previous night's jam.
>> Mark told him somebody a few chairs down had intrigued him because he
>> couldn't figure out the position being used.  After a few questions,
>> Rupert
>> figured out it was me.  I was playing standard Jr. Wells licks, but
>> playing
>> them in the key of A on a C harp.
>>    At a Jimi Lee hallway jam the following year, I played a solo in E on a
>> G harp.  Jimi stopped the jam on the spot, and asked me what harp I had
>> just used.  He loved the sound of it.
>>    Neither of these two incidents were minor key tunes.  They were major
>> key, standard blues that everyone else was using a cross harp on.  It just
>> required a couple of bends to make this "minor" position sound "major".
>>
>> Mick Zaklan
>>
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> Arthur Jennings
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>



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