RE: Steve Shaws altered paddy richter tuning was Re: [Harp-L] Re: DannyBoy

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> Hi All
>     I tried Paddy Richter tuning for playing songs that need the 6th note 
> in the lower octave but found that because I used the three blow and not 
> the three draw when playing tunes that I had to relearn the
> position of two notes, but if I tuned the three draw  up a tone I only 
> needed to relearn the postition of one note. So it had that advantage, and 
> with the convenience of not taking the harp apart to retune the two blow 
> it's a very useful tuning for a couple of reasons
> 	Of course I got the idea off Steve Shaw's website, so thanks Steve for 
> putting that idea out there.
>
> Christopher Brunner

Thanks Christopher.  Just for clarity, it's the 3-blow up by a whole tone 
for the standard Paddy Richter, and the 2-draw up a whole tone for the 
alternative I use.

Steve


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