RE: [Harp-L] Si Bheag Si Mhor on Paddy Richter tuned D harp

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> Richard Hunter wrote:
> <snip>
> I read one recent session on a Paddy Richter-tuned
> D harp.  It wasn't easy, but it worked.
>
> ---->I just discovered that this Irish tune is much prettier if you don't
> use a normal diatonic--3 hole draw double bend (oy).
> So the D Melody Maker works really well--and if anyone wants a chart, I'm
> happy to share--using Fletch, so I would send a .pdf unless you have that
> font (thanks Winslow!)
> Gary


You really don't need anything special to play this tune, just a 
Richter-tuned harp played in first position.  It's in the key of D major, so 
grab an out-of-the-box SP20 low D and you're away.

Steve

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