RE: [Harp-L] was Danny Boy now Paddy

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

Rice Paddy - I love it!!  I shall adopt the moniker forthwith.

Apropos which version of the tuning to use, I'm not evangelical about the 
alternative I use.  I can see that for some people losing the dominant chord 
on the draw and, as you say, making that draw bending very tough, would be 
disadvantages.   I use it because it's what I came up with before I knew 
about harp-l and Brendan Power, and I've just stayed with out mostly out of 
inertia.  It does work pretty well for us single-note melody-players in fast 
Irish tunes, and it's a bit easier to do as it avoids dismantling 
(especially with XB40s!).

Steve


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> From: "mOx" <mox1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] was Danny Boy now Paddy
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:54:00 +0100
>
> Steve Shaw wrote;
>  >Paddy Richter is a whole tone up on 3-blow, not a semitone.  I'm a voice
> in the wilderness here, but I tune up 2-draw instead of 3-blow. <
>
> and
>
> >I'm not claiming that as a good reason for doing it my way,
> but it helps... ;-)<
>
> Hi Steve,
> I read somewhere (probably on this list) that this layout is often used in
> Asia.
> Therefore I suggest we refer to it as "Rice Paddy"!
> But seriously, I can see certain advantages
> - the similarity between the habitual 6/7 draw patterns and the fact that
> the overblow on the 2 hole (Ab on a C harp) is not necessary whilst in 
> terms
> of disadvantage this very hole  demands a vertiginous descent of 2
> wholetones ( yes, A down to F, thats 4 separate semitone bends).
> Tell me more.
> Mox
>
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