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

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

mOx wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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).

The reason I chose Paddy Richter in the first place was to 
differentiate more clearly in a passage between the Bb and A which 
are both bent notes on the 3 draw of a C diatonic in standard 
tuning.  Steve's Paddy scheme doesn't help in this regard.  In 
addition, with his tuning I still have an enharmonic G on the 2 draw 
bent down a wholetone, but have to bend down four semitones to get 
the F, which doesn't bode well for first flat, since that's the low 
octave tonic.  It's nice not having to overblow 2 for the Ab...

-tim