Re: [Harp-L] 5th position

[Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- icemanle@xxxxxxx wrote:
<<big snip>>
> For instance, I will not hesitate to play in D
> Major in "3rd Position" on a Bb harmonica,
> picking the correct notes out of the harmonica as
> needed. I don't consider it "3rd Position", but
> merely that my reference point, or tonic, is on 2
> hole exhale/5 hole exhale.
>  
> The Iceman

Hi Larry, 

I kind of get what you mean about going for notes
rather than positions, I guess. You're trying to
inspire folks to think outside the box of "position
thinking" (not quite sure that's always useful, but
it's interesting, nonetheless). 

But that last bit about playing "3rd position" in D
on a Bb harp doesn't make a lick of sense to me. A
point of reference for the tonic for 3rd position
in ~my~ mind will always be the 1 or 4 draw...
Where do you get 2 blow as ~any~ kind of refrence
for 3rd position? 

If that was some kind of neo-Zen approach to
teaching, then, well, you lost me. Why not simply
call it 5th position and be done with it? The 2
blow is D on a Bb harp, just go from there. Why
doncha call a spade a spade? It's fifth position.
So what? 

Scratchin' my head, confused in Colorado,
--Ken M.


		
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