Re: more harp stuff

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Am I missing something? I don't know about the "traditional" system,
but I count positions by counting steps on the circle of fifths. (this
count-five-letters-foward business, btw, seems a folktalke to me). F
comes imeediately behind C in the circle (it's the nextr  step back if
you're going in the "flat" direction) so counting forward, you have to
count through 12 positions to get there.

That is how I have always counted positions -- if F is seventh
position, then what's 8th? 9th? 10th? etc? The next step after F is
back to C.