Re: [Harp-L] Interval question - was Hoochie Coochie Man - 1stposition!!

["Alec Drachman" <alec@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, I really explained that interval part poorly. When you play the 4-5
draw warble in first position over the V chord (E chord in this case) you
are getting the top two notes of a dominant 7th chord, in this case B and D
on the A harp. But since the band will be playing E7, you are playing notes
out of that chord and not clashing by throwing in a Minor 3rd (even though
that is a cool thing to do in blues some times). If you draw 2, 3, 4, and 5,
simultaneously, you get the entire dominant 7th chord which has the major
third (G#) on the 3 draw.

On a D harp, the 4 draw is E and the 5 draw is G natural. This is a minor
third. So in first position on an A harp, you are playing the top two notes
of an E dominant 7th chord, and if you include the 3 draw you can add the
major third - G#. On a D harp, you are playing the bottom two notes of an E
minor chord.

So, of course the interval between 4 and 5 draw doesn't actually change, but
it changes within the context.

I hope this clears it up.

Alec Drachman
http://www.bluecats.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pierre" <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Interval question - was Hoochie Coochie Man -
1stposition!!


>
> Alec said:
>
> The second and biggest clue that Richard pointed out to
> > me years ago, is that when he goes to the warble over the V chord, the
> > interval is a major third - he's playing a 4-5 draw warble in first
> > position. If you play it in cross harp, it will be a minor third. Listen
> > carefully when Muddy sings the line "I'm your Hoochie Coochie Man..." -
> > the
> > warble in the background is a major third - it won't sound right on a D
> > harp.
>
> How can an interval between two notes change from minor third to major
> third?
>
> > I hope this helps - I know it helped me. This was the tune that opened
the
> > door for me to do a bit more sophisticated 1st position playing. Once
you
> > get this one down, you'll start to hear first position all over the
place
> > that you previously thought was cross harp.
>
> Sounds like I need to investgate this, I've been thinking about this
subject
> recently, I guess I've been wondering if the old pros (non-obers) always
> play 1st position on the upper 2 thirds of the harp and third position in
> the middle to take advantage of the 6 draw bend.
>
> Pierre.
>
>
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