Re: [Harp-L] So What (was: "Kind of Blue" in 3rd)

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jp Pagan wrote:
> so, we have one vote for a Bb harp (5th position) and
> one vote for an Ab harp (7th position). 

Sorry, but I'd probably switch harps on this song.  I dinked around 
with it a little after the original query and that's what was most 
comfortable for me

> maybe i'm nuts, but i think this kind of stuff is fun

This is the "intellectual" part of music for me.  I love figuring 
out the starting point, then messing around with it until I'm 
comfortable with the changes and the melody and what I have to 
improv over.  

Sometimes that changes.  Our band does the jazz standard "Autumn 
Leaves".  I play the rhythm part of it in A on a C harp (4th 
position), but wasn't comfortable improvising there, so I was doing 
the solo on a natural minor tuned harp.  I recorded a few of our 
sessions, and basically ripped off my own licks from the natural 
minor harp in 4th position, and now play the song on one harp.  

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

-tim

Tim Moyer
Working Man's Harps
http://www.workingmansharps.com/