RE: [Harp-L] RE: Consecutive overblows (WAS Howard Levy update)

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, George has outlined the complete Db Major scale (on a C
harp), stated in consecutive thirds. As he starts it on Eb, you could
call this an Eb dorian 13th chord: 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 (15 is Eb again and
the whole cycle repeats if you keep going, which George does, through
15, 17, and 19 until he runs out of harp).

Winslow

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael Peloquin"
<peloquinharp@...> wrote:

Great observations and excercise George. Don't worry, people that play 
different keyed harps, XB-40, chromatic,valved diatonic AND SAXOPHONE
play 
notes out of tune all the time.

I couldn't help myself, but that is more acurately an Eb minor 7 arpeggio.
doesn't the L in harp-l stand for LEARNING? Let's learn em right.

Michael Peloquin
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Brooks [mailto:gbrooks1@...]
 >The technique is better understood now, and the harmonicas are vastly
>improved.  I know several people who can cleanly articulate the Eb
>minor triad in the middle register.  If that's old hat to you by now,
>here is something truly challenging to try.  I have been working lately
>on playing various scales and arpeggios over the full range of the
>harmonica.  Have a go at arpeggiating an Eb minor chord  beginning on
>hole 1 and extending it all the way to hole 10.  Here's the mechanics:
>
>1OB (Eb)
>2 Draw half-step bend (Gb)
>3 Draw half-step bend (Bb)
>4 Draw bend	(Db)
>5 Draw (F)
>6 Draw bend (Ab)
>7 Blow (C)
>8 Blow bend (Eb)
>9 Blow bend (Gb)
>10 Blow whole step bend (Bb)
>10 OD (Db)
>
>Noter the minimal number of breath direction changes, especially if you
>leave off the 10 OD.  There are 5 (!) draw notes in a row, followed by
>4 blow notes, and, if one leaves out the 10 OD, there is exactly one
>note per hole and no skipped holes.
>
>I played this for Chris Michalek over the phone.  He said my 1OB was
>flat, and he was right.  Back to work!


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