RE: [Harp-L] Georgia - Which Harp?

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If I were playing Georgia in the key of G I would use a A or D harp. 
Probably the A harp because it's tuned lower and sounds fuller.  You
need knowledge of the OBs but it plays out beutifully in these
positions.


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: jeanchar50@xxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Georgia - Which Harp?
>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:48:46 -0700
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>>You need a harp with "5 draw raised a half-step
>> (ie, Lee Oskar Melody Maker, Special 20 Country Tuned, or do it
>yourself)
>> to play it in crossharp. You could also play it in first postion,
>or use a chromatic.
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>>That said, on Willie Nelson's Stardust album, Mickey Rafael
>> played a solo on Georgia on a regular diatonic in cross harp
>> - but he avoided (because it wasn't available to him) the note
>which is
>>raised draw on #5 (F# in the key of G - the major 7th).
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>>I suppose you could overblow this note - or play a solo which
>>doesn't follow the melody exactly.
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>>And I'm sure some other harpers out there have other positions
>>they play Georgia in.
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>>I believe Ray Charles' version is in G, by the way.
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