RE: [Harp-L] Diatonic Position Question

["Dennis Alters" <dennisaltersmd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Tim

Dennis B. Alters, MD, Inc.
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Diplomate, American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Moyer [mailto:wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 6:52 AM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Diatonic Position Question

Dennis Alters wrote:
> I was wondering what is the position number and Greek name when 
> the first scale degree or root not is the 1 draw bent. Checked my 
> resource materials and could not find it.

Not to pick nits here, but there isn't really an equivalency between 
root note and mode; you can pick them independently from each 
other.  Starting on the Db on a C harp -- 1 draw bent down a 
semitone -- is eighth position.  

You could play in ionian mode:
1d- 1ob 2d-- 2d- 3d--- 3d- 3ob 4d-

or dorian mode: 
1d- 1ob 2b 2d- 3d--- 3d- 3d 4d-

or mixolydian mode:
1d- 1ob 2d-- 2d- 3d--- 3d- 3d 4d-

and so on.  None of them look very intuitive.

-tim