RE: [Harp-L] dorien mode

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> just play in 3rd position,ex if the band is in the key of A play an g harp
> that would give you the flat 3 and 7. G A B C D E F# same an A dorien A B C 
> D E
> F# G   the notes are not in the same place but they are there.
>
> tom in ct.


A lot of "minor key" Irish tunes are actually Dorian mode.  E Dorian tunes 
work best on a standard-tuned D harp and A Dorian ones, as Tom says, on a G 
harp.  I might be able to play these on Dorian-tuned harps but those harps 
wouldn't be much use to me for the other modes I need (Ionian, Mixolydian, 
Aeolian, Lydian) which simply equate to different "positions" on a standard 
harp.

Steve

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