RE: 11 and 12 diatonic - dylan

[claudio.brutti1@xxxxxx]

I've just listened to "All along the watchtower" and it is actually in 4th
position. Quite bad played, even for Dylan standards, but still 4th position.
I don't have the other song ("What Was It You Wanted"), but I'd bet that
it's in 4th position, too.
Which is not "that" strange, since, if you want to play a minor key without
bending, 3rd, 4th or  5th position are the way to go. And 4th position without
bendings, maps to the aeolian mode, which is the minor mode you would expect
from a Dylan's song.  Dorian or even worse phygian modes could be found
maybe in his latest works, but I'm not sure.
Of course, saying as Robert suggests, that he played only in first position,
implies that he never played a minor song, or that he could overblow. Who
knows? Maybe... :-)

Ciao,

Claudio


>-- Messaggio originale --
>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:55:54 +1100
>From: Mark Crowley <Mark.Crowley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: 11 and 12 diatonic - dylan
>To: HarmonicaTeacher@xxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Reply-To: Mark Crowley <Mark.Crowley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
>i guess i just read the wrong info-
>
>http://www.dylanchords.com/harp/trivia.htm
>
>not listening to much dylan I haven't taken the time to sit down and test
>every claim made there. It appears to be made in book by Amy Appleby -
maybe
>the guy that wrote the post got it wrong as well and its all 1st :)
>
>it's neither here nor there to me - i just found it hard to swallow that
>exploring positions other than 1st to 3rd was implied to be an extremely
>'recent' activity
>
>crowley
>
>>>> Harmonica Teacher <HarmonicaTeacher@xxxxxxx> 03/19/04 17:03 PM >>>
>
> impression that Bob Dylan played 4th position --Mark
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>4th position would be a surprise to me. I hear only 1st in Dylan's
>recordings.
>
>Robert Hale
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