Re: [Harp-L] Re: Watermelon Man

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

Ok, I see where I got confused.   I haven't been following the Lee Oskar convention of naming the
key of the Melody Maker according to the cross harp position.

By that convention my "Ab XB-Melody" would be called an Eb XB-Melody!   But because my XB-Melody
began its life as an Ab XB-40,  I always called it an Ab XB-Melody.  And I will continue to do so.

But now that I understand what's going on here, let me rephrase my original question -

What position is the key of A on a "G" Lee Oskar Melody Maker?

--- Dave Murray <dlmurray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
> > I looked at your webpage, but I'm still confused.  What do you call key of 
> > A on a C Melody Maker?
> > (Or in my mp3, key of F on an Ab XB-Melody).
> 
> A is still Aeolian (natural) minor, but you play it off of the 2 or 5 blow). 
> The tuning alteration shifts the modes to different positions, but they are 
> all still there since they still have the same notes for the intervals that 
> are associated with the modes. It kind of jumps out at you after you look at 
> it a while.
> 
> > As your webpage demonstrates, the MM tuning presents lots of avenues to 
> > explore.   When you factor
> > in all the extra notes of the XB-40, you can see why I love my XB-Melody!
> 
> I can imagine, though I don't play/have an XB.
> 
> > Here's the link to Watermelon Man again, for anybody that missed it the 
> > first time around:
> >
> > 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.)
> 
> I liked it.
> 
> Peace and music,
> Dave
> 
>