RE: [Harp-L] head shake music theory

["Jim Konish" <konisj@xxxxxxx>]

Well, I'm no expert, and I really know very little music theory, but I'd say
that just like any other note, a blues musician would use the B or the Bb
because it feels right.  That's how I pick what note to play, not based on
any "rules".  And the 6 draw and 6 draw bend can be used to express some
very intense feeling.  I use both a lot in my playing.
~Jim


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Subject: [Harp-L] head shake music theory

Yesterday I took my harp out to try and figure out how to play a harp head
shake
on the piano. I'm playing the draw 5 and 6 on a D harp so that's a G note
and a
B note right? Plus I alternate between straight and bent so that's Gb and
Bb.
Those aren't notes I usually associate with an A blues scale yet I've used
that
headshake over the A chord in 2nd position for more than 30 years.

So am I playing the right notes? Am I doing the head shake correctly? Why
would
a blues musician use a Bb note in the key of A? Or a B for that matter.

Rainbow Jimmy
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