Re: every body needs somebody (harp-l**NOT SPAM) (not Dean Martin)

["Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

People that have been "drawn" to the harp because of cross harp tend to shy 
away from much blowing into the instrument. Don't be afraid of the blow 
notes-understand them and be in control.

In cross harp: Play whole notes like an organ player-it may seem boring but 
it will be quite MUSICAL and will probably impress everyone.

C# minor= vi minor  Blow 2+3 is the root & third of this chord  
- -CAREFUL-DON'T PLAY 1 or 4 BLOW!!
play together and hold it for the entire bar (Blow 5+6 also)

A7= IV7  BLOW the harp-all notes fit (or play 3 draw bent down a 1/2 
step--this is the flat seventh)

# minor= vi minor  Blow 2+3 is the root & third of this chord -CAREFUL-DON'T 
PLAY 1 or 4 BLOW!!
play together and hold it for the entire bar (Blow 5+6 also)

B7= V7  I usually play a tongue blocked octave here (holes 1 & 4 draw) 
(holes 1 & 4 blow also work, as they are the flat seventh)

music theory and classic R&B learned through 2 comedians acting like blues 
guys, wow!

I must admit that I heard I Don't Need No Doctor, covered by Humble Pie long 
before I ever heard BLUESMAN Ray Charles do the original.

Michael Peloquin
http://www.harphouse.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=4





>From: alec@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Reply-To: alec@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>CC: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: every body needs somebody
>Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 09:44:54 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>Without actually playing along with the tune, which I
>don't have, I would suggest that you might not want to
>switch harps at all. C#m would be fifth position on an
>A harp. Fifth is a pretty cool position to learn. It's
>relatively easy and is the relative minor of cross
>harp. 2 Blow is your root note. Then when you switch to
>A you are in first position and for B you are in third.
>This chord progression comes up a lot and 5th position
>proves very handy.
>
>You could also play a B harp in third position over the
>C#m, but then you are in 1st flat or 12th position over
>the A chord, or you could use an E and play in fourth
>position over the C#, but then you are in 2nd flat or
>11th position over the A. While neither of these
>positions is too bad, I'd consider 5th to be much
>easier - especially because of it's similarities to
>cross harp.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Alec
>
>
>On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:16:44 +0100, "Simon" wrote:
> 
>I'm coming out of the 'lurkers closet' with a
>question. My band wants to play the song "Everybody
>needs somebody
>to love", made popular by the Blues Brothers. We play
>the song in the key
>of E, (I play an A harp in second position)which is
>fine untill the bit
>that goes "sometimes i feel etc" the chords change from
>E,A,D,A  to 
>C#m,A,C#m,B and then I have trouble! I can't seem to
>get the A harp to
>fit. This may be down to bad technique (I am fairly
>comfortable with a blues in
>second position, though I can't overblow or do any of
>the fancy stuff you guys
>talk about). So what would you advise? What key harp
>should I swap to that
>would fit those chords in second position?any
>advice you give will be gratefully received. I await
>your pearls of
>wisdom!
>Thanks
>Simon     
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