Re: House o' Rising Sun

[John Frazer <jfrazer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would say that as to positions, I am probably misinformed. However, 
here is the way I understand it:
	On a C harnonica-1st pos.-C Straight harp
			2nd pos. G Cross harp
			3rd pos. Dm Slant harp
			4th pos. Am Relative minor
			5th pos. Em Double Cross harp

This is what I call these positions. I'm sure there will be lots more 
responses, and a few GLITA (Go look in the archives) by people who have 
been here much longer than the month I have been around. Any way, I am 
interested to learn how ignorant I am and if other people have thier own 
pet names for these positions, esp. double cross. 
	BTW I tried HOTRS in Relative minor and think it is easier in 
slant and REALLY neat in double cross. Relative minor is a little harder 
because you have to bend the low tonic note.
Ciao, bambino!!

HARMONICA JOHN	San Diego  PO Box 740613 SD CA 92174 (619)263-6826

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On Sat, 10 Jun 1995, Giovanni Bertini wrote:

> At 20.15 09/06/95 -0700, Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> BTW if you do play House of the risong sun, what key are you using?
> >
> >I play it in A minor (original key) and use a C harp in fourth position (my
> >favorite!)
> >
> >
> > -- mike
> >
> Hi,
> I'd like to know what means to play in 1st, 2nd, 3rd ..... position. On my
> books it is not clear.
> Is there anybody so kind to explain it to me?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Giovanni Bertini
> Emergency Medicine
> University of Florence, Italy
> 
>