Re: [Harp-L] Seminars at the 2014 SPAH Convention

[Ken H in Ohio <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can play "major" on a natural minor diatonic harp... the major scale is
right there and inline with the minor scale, since the two scales share the
same notes; they just start on different notes... so on an Anm the C major
scale is there too.

Jimi Lee brought this to my attention at a Columbus Buckeye Harmonica
Festival... I never realized it before.

Ken H in OH



On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 10:22 AM, fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> More than Jason's version of Summertime I was fascinated by his argument
> against using minor tunings on harmonica. Horses for courses as Douglas
> Tate used to say.  Why would you use a natural minor tuning for a song
> that's not really completely in a minor?  I'm not sure if that's really a
> strawman argument but it's in that direction.  An example of a performance
> where a dedicated minor tuned harmonica would be useful is Hazmat Modine's
> Bahamut.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dEgWy7kbew It's in F# harmonic
> minor, good luck playing that with the chords using a standard diatonic
> tuning.  I'm certain that Jason with his considerable talents would achieve
> a listenable performance should he choose to attempt it but he'd have to
> re-interpret the song.  And yes I'm aware that the you tube clip is 4 years
> old and what Jason's views are today could be entirely different.  Another
> example of a minor tuned harmonica turning out to be an excellent choice is
> Ryan Hartt's Kaboom.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktzVsRCrzEU  I
> really like this.   As always your mileage may vary.  fjm
>