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

[Pierre <slavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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?

While I'm there? could this be played on a stock Richter harp (without 
overblows) if we sacrifice the chords?

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?

Pierre



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hunter" <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Minor Kill


> "jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
> "Nice job Richard [on Minor Kill].  What kind of harp did you use?"
>
> "Minor Kill" was recorded with a stock Lee Oskar Natural Minor in C
> (meaning that the key is C minor in second position).  The piece is
> played in 2nd position. I played through a Labtec AM-22 mic (which costs
> $8 new) into a Crate VC-508 amp, and recorded the amp from about a foot
> away with an Audio Technica AT-4050 CM5 large-diaphragm condensor mic,
> into a Roland MMP-2 preamp, into the computer soundcard.  The original
> recorded sound was a little colorless to my ears, but it came alive
> totally when I applied a doubler preset from a free reverb plugin called
> "Ambience".
>
> The piece is a good example of one of the things that non-standard
> tunings are good for.  "Minor Kill" is a minor-key blues, meaning every
> chord in the piece is minor.  With the Natural Minor tuning, I can play
> octaves on the basic triad tones for every chord, with added 7ths and
> 9ths on the tonic (C minor) chord.  In other words, I can make a lot of
> big sounds and textures on every chord, and you can hear all those
> sounds on this piece.
>
> Thanks and regards, Richard Hunter
> hunterharp.com
>
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