Re: [Harp-L] Fast Instrumental in Bb

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nice, David.

The major scales (and their modes)s of F, Bb, Eb and even Ab all play very smoothly on a C chromatic. Which is why, for a style that has a lot of tunes in E, A, D, and G (all pitched one semitone below those smooth-playing flat keys) it's worth considering using a chromatic that's in the key of B or E. (Irish accordionists do the same thing by playing a button accordion in B/C, i.e. with one row of buttons in each key).

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 From: David Naiditch <davidnaiditch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Harp L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:32 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Fast Instrumental in Bb
 

This is the only bluegrass tune I can think of that was written in Bb. Works well on a C chromatic. From my new âBluegrass in the Backwoodsâ CD.

https://soundcloud.com/david-naiditch/new-camptown-races?in=david-naiditch/sets/bluegrass-in-the-backwoods