RE: [Harp-L] Dorian Minor is NOT missing notes

["Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I must have been in non-thinking mode when I agreed with Mike Peloquin ...

most who agree with me probably need professional help ;}

but- yes I did overlook those 2 facts that the retuning does create.

however-as most experienced overblowers know: the best situation for an OB 
the function properly is a whole step difference between blow & draw. I have 
found that the most challenging overblows have always been hole 5 & 7. These 
holes in Richter tuning have only a 1/2 step difference between blow & draw.
I also accasionally use the hole 2 OB, this is an enharmonic of 3 draw bent 
down 3 half steps. This is an OK note for a passing tone, but it seems to 
lack the stability of a hole 4 or 6 OB. This has a 3 half step difference 
between blow & draw.
The worst case of all is the hole 3 OB. This would give an enharmonic 
equivalent to 4 blow (in theory) and is in interesting effect, although  
(for me) an unusable OB. Try it and see. (all above references referred to 
RICHTER tuning, not DORIAN tuning.)

Yes RH is right, I was wrong. But... and there always is one... there is 
always a price to pay...especially with this tiny monster that we all love.

now, let's JAM!

Michael Peloquin
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> From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I must have been in non-thinking mode when I agreed with Mike Peloquin to 
> the effect that the Dorian minor tuning is missing a note in the bottom 
> octave -- namely, the major 3rd in 2nd position (B on a C harp) that is 
> replaced in the dorian minor tuning by a minor third (Bb on a C harp).
>
> The fact is that the "missing" note can be played with an overblow on the 
> blow 3 reed.   In the second octave, the same note can be played with a 1/2 
> step bend down on the blow 7 reed.
>
> In short, the Dorian minor tuning is as fully chromatic as a standard 
> diatonic tuning -- with bends and overblows, all 12 notes of the chromatic 
> scale are available throughout the first two octaves.
>
> I trust that we will now all run out and replace our standard diatonics 
> with Dorian minors at the first opportunity.
>
> Regards, Richard Hunter
> hunterharp.com