Re: [Harp-L] Re: Spanish Phyrgian Mode

["Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

here ya go....

http://www.buddhasgarden.net/index.php?topic=250.0

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>From: MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx [mailto:MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 01:52 PM
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Spanish Phyrgian Mode
>
>Hello, Jim Alciere
> 
>I'll guess at the answer to your question, "what position is the Spanish  
>Phyrgian Mode on a diatonic Richter system harp?" Maybe Winslow or another  
>expert can explain it better than I can.
> 
>I'm not familiar with the term, "Spanish Phyrgian mode," but I do know that  
>the phyrgian mode on a key of C 
>Richter system (Marine Band or Special 20-type) 10-hole harmonica would be  
>the 5th position, or E phyrgian on a C harp (holes 5-8, no bending or overblows 
> needed, E-E).  The phyrgian mode is popular in Spanish music.
> 
>If you need another key phyrgian, use a harmonica with the same key  
>signature as the phyrgian mode. That is, if you need an F# phyrgian mode, use a  D 
>harmonica. The relative major ('do") key is always a major 3rd below the "mi"  
>starting note of the phyrgian. D major (D-D) and F# phyrgian (F#-F#) both have 2 
> sharps in their key signature (F# and C#), so they are "relatives", with the 
> same key signature.
> 
>The phyrgian mode, or 5th position phyrgian, will always be in the same  
>place on any major key 10-hole Richter system harp: holes 5-8, no bending or  
>overblowing required.
> 
>John Broecker
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