Re: [Harp-L] Minor Kill - Minor Kill challenge

[Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry for imposing, your response is entirely natural; in your position I 
would do the same. I really should of asked offlist first.

Yeah, I tried it in second on an F harp and I can play parts of it quite 
well just by ear without practicing, that's why I offered the challenge. I'm 
sure it would be challenging for me to learn the harder sections. Perhaps a 
Natural Minor in C harp would make it even more challenging as the harp may 
not be as fast as the F harp.

> Probably, but since the chords are a big part of what makes the piece
> work, I dunno why you'd dump them.

Mainly because I only have Richter tuned harps, may have to drive downtown 
for one of these.

Anybody know if there are SP20s tuned this way?

Looking at the layout, this is a completely different animal from a Richter, 
one step bend on the 1,  4,  5 and 6; the 2 hole has 3 bends. Can you play 
by ear on this? or do you have to learn tunes by rote? I guess it would feel 
sort of natural (natural minor actually) as long as you do not try any bent 
notes.

Pierre.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hunter" <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Pierre" <slavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Minor Kill - Minor Kill challenge


> Pierre wrote:
> > Richard said:
> >
> > "Minor Kill" was recorded with a stock Lee Oskar Natural Minor in C
> > (meaning that the key is C minor in second position).
> >
> > Something seems wrong in the above sentence, did Richard mean to say a 
> > Lee
> > Oskar Natural Minor in F?
>
> Lee Oskar Natural Minors are keyed according to SECOND position, not
> first position (as is the case with standard-tuned harps).  So this is
> in fact a Natural Minor in C (though if it were a standard tuning, it
> would be an F harp).
>
> > While I'm there? could this be played on a stock Richter harp (without
> > overblows) if we sacrifice the chords?
>
> Probably, but since the chords are a big part of what makes the piece
> work, I dunno why you'd dump them.  Actually, I have played around with
> this piece on a standard-tuned harp, and it sounds pretty good -- just
> not quite as good as it sounds on a Natural Minor, at least to my ears.
> Try it and see what you think.
>
> > BTW, this is a cool tune - why not have a challenge for the less than pro
> > harpers, Richard might be able to donate the backing track. Richard would
> > have to agree though, I'm not sure he wants us screwing around with his
> > tune.
> >
> > Any takers?
>
> Thanks for this comment, which is very flattering and much appreciated.
> But it takes a lot of time and effort to create my pieces, and they're
> ultimately intended for sale or licensing.  So I must decline this
> offer.  I will continue to release pieces to members of this list for
> their personal (non-commercial) listening pleasure -- feel free to jam
> along.
>
> Thanks and regards, Richard Hunter
> hunterharp.com
>
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