Re: 4th & 5th position

["Tinus" <tinus@xxxxxxx>]

>I worked out a song last night in what I think was 5th position.  The song
was in Db and I played it on a low
> F harp.  The odd thing was the 4th position Summertime lick that starts on
the 8 blow worked perfectly in
> that context which was a bit surprising to me.  Still trying to figure
that one out.

If the song was in Db and you played it on a F harmonica then that is 9th
position.
I don't think you will find much in any book about playing in 9th position
:-)

But the 4th position thing is puzzling.
A Db tune that fits with a lick that has a D in it?

Is this a Gypsy song?
Or maybe something by Thelonious Monk?

Tinus
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