RE: [Harp-L] re: minor key harp

[maurice richard libby <blues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I remember a while ago being invited to sit on harp in with a band whose 
leader doesn't like me much (who knows why). He kept calling tunes that did 
things (he thought) would be hard to pull off on harp. Finally he called a 
tune in C-minor, so I just played it on my F harp. I think he was upset 
Later,  in my own band , Iplayed harp on an original instrumental tune 
called "C-minor Blues" I played that on an F harp as well.

maurice

At 10:34 AM 15/03/2005, Meagher, Evan F wrote:
> You can definitely pull off cross harp for a minor key, but you have to 
> put a little bit more thought into it.  Just playing your standard cross 
> harp blues licks will sound janky if you aren't careful to hit that flat 
> three consistently, instead of that major/minor "blues third."
>
> SNIP
>
> how about just stickin with 2nd position on an F harp. you can use lo lo
> F, lo F, and regular old F.
> I am sure there's lots of decent choices though. If it's more of a BLUES
> groove - I would likely go with that... especially those two chord
> grooves that let you run in some interesting directions.

maurice richard libby
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