[Harp-L] Finding the Position - "Summertime"

["Mike Snowden" <mike.snowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been dabbling more with a natural minor harp, and I got the old classic
"Summertime" into my head  I tried this a while back on a standard Richter,
and I couldn't get it to work then, but this time I got the idea to try a
"Natural Minor".  So I picked up and played by ear....  Starting on 7 blow
seems to work really quite well.  If I could bend/overblow better, then
starting on 4-draw potentially feels bluesier, but some of the steps at the
end of the verse are much harder.  I have the sheet music hidden away on the
shelf, so it's there if I want to see what I've forgotten....


So the question goes, what do other people use? And if a Standard Richter,
what starting position works for you?

                Mike