[Harp-L] Watermelon Man

["jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sometimes during my XB-Melody experiments, I'll stumble across something cool that's also playable
on an ordinary Melody Maker diatonic without necessarily needing the XB-40's extra bends.

How many of you have tried using a Melody Maker's 3 blow as your tonic?  (I bet Richard Hunter
has!) I hesitate to call this 4th position, but on a C Melody Maker you would be playing in the
key of A so I guess that's 4th.

But 4th position on a Melody Maker sounds nothing like the Aeolian minor of Richter 4th.   Instead
you get this cool bluesy latin sound with lots of nice chord fragments.

Listen to this demo of "Watermelon Man" played in the key of F on my Ab XB-Melody.   You probably
don't have an Ab Melody Maker laying around, but if you've got a C Melody Maker that you gave up
on a long time ago, dig it out and try "Watermelon Man" in the key of A!

http://rapidshare.de/files/9951677/watermelon_man.mp3.html

(Click the link.  Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button near the bottom right that
says "Free".  That will bring you to another page.  Scroll to the bottom again and you'll see an
animated countdown "10,9,8,7 etc."  wait for that to hit zero and it will change to a download
link.  Click that and your download will proceed.  Don't worry, its safe and absolutely free.)