RE: [Harp-L] Re: Blow/Draw Switch at Hole 7

["robert mcgraw" <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  But I don't
> understand why having two C notes side by side would be so bad...the 
> Richter
> tuning already has that situation with draw 2 and blow 3.
---But those aren't both blow notes, as they are on the chromatic. There are 
several problems this causes, none all THAT bad, obviously :-)  Here is one 
difficulty. Let's say you want to play the C major scale in the upper 
register. [Pick up your chromatic and try this if you have one.] Your first 
C is a blow note, right? [Actually, on the chro it could also be a draw note 
if you want to play the C as a B#, but that's another story....and another 
difficulty/opportunity]
Well, which one will you hit? 8 blow or 9 blow? If you hit 8 blow than you 
can't play the D as 8 draw cause 8 draw is B; you've got to play 9 blow as C 
in order for the D to be the 9 draw as you'd expect. Now remember, you're 
just going to pick up your chromatic and go straight to the upper register 
and play the C scale...no preliminarys, no hunting around to find the 
C...it's a small difficulty, and there are others, like how to play the Am 
arpeggio, etc...but all these difficulties are also opportunituies, as 
difficulties generally are.Hope this wasn't too convoluted!
WVa Bob
P.S. For my explaintion I'm assuming a three octave chromatic.

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