re: 3rd Position

[Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Mark poses an interesting question about George
Smith. Thanks to Jp's cool link I was able to put
together a rough set of percentages on George's 3rd
position playing.

I went ahead and did a quick "tally" of George's
harp/positions from that list. Kind of anal, I
know, but hey, I was interested. Sometimes George
switched harps mid-song, so I counted each switch
as a seperte song in my tally.

I came up with a total of 96 for the material
listed on the six albums.

49 times in 2nd position
29 times on chromatic (almost all in 3rd) 
14 times on diatonic in 3rd
4 times in 1st

At first glance it looks like 2nd position is a
shoe-in.

51% 2nd position
30% chromatic (mostly in 3rd)
15% 3rd on diatonic
4% in 1st.

But if you add the chromatic work (mostly 3rd) with
the diatonic 3rd position work you get 43, or 44%.
Dang near half.

Well, that was fun!

Personally I play only maybe 10%-20% in 3rd, but
I'd have to do a tally from my band's song list to
be sure. I love playing in 3rd but it doesn't sound
right to my ears on a lot of songs. I came to 3rd
position late in my harpin' life, so I naturally
gravitate towards 2nd.

Harpin' in Colorado,
- --Ken M.

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"When you speak of Walter Horton, the first thing you think of is his tone, that big, fat tone."
- ---Li'l Ronnie Owens


	
		
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