RE: [Harp-L] Positions are not exactly the same as modes (was: Modes, was 3rd Pos

["Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Gary Lehmann" <hqr@xxxxxxx>

> I am reminded that there are blues players who use the chromatic and play 
> in
> third position through blues progressions. So the third is always minor, 
> but
> the tune is using all dominant chords--I usually think of blues 
> progressions
> as Mixolydian, so the IV would be correct, but the V would be a natural
> minor scale over a dominant chord, so there's a couple of notes different--
> Is this a good example of what the original post referred to?

Gary,
We must always remember that the blues breaks many "rules"
A minor 3rd sounds great against a 7th chord (#9)
the "bloes scale" sounds good against the entire progression.
the half-flat 3rd sounds great against the a 7th chord (singers often sing 
this instead of a true major 3rd.
go figure. this is what we want to hear

Michael Peloquin
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