Re: [Harp-L] Dorian & Reassembled LO's

[G <gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:31:52 -0700
>From: "CHARLES BASSI" <jeanchar50@xxxxxxx>
>After I made my A Dorian harp I had a perfectly
>good top reedplate from the A natural minor
>and a perfectly good bottom reedplate from the
>D major diatonic left over, so of course I reassembled
> them into another harmonica.
>This is the note layout that resulted:
>Blow
>D  F  A  D  F  A  D  F  A  D
>E  A C# E  G  B  C#E  G  B
>Draw
>I'm not sure what I've got here.
>other than a D melodic minor scale
>(ascending) in holes 4 through 7.

Hi Charles,
  You're right, 1st position is ascending harmonic minor scale.  In some
Jazz circles this is known as "Jazz minor", associated with the minor,
major 7th chord, eg. C-M7 ( C Eb G F#)

-- G.