[Harp-L] Re: third position

[Sergei <svolkov@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

The relation you describe between 2nd position (G on a C harp) and 5th
position (Em on a C harp) is the same as the one between 3rd (Am on a
G harp) and 12th (C on a G harp). This setting is the one I use the
most (I am not a blues player), and I find 3rd position to be much
sexier than 5th. I mostly use it in the mid and upper octaves.

On Dec 3, 1:31 pm, "Jim Alciere" <jim.alci...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>
>  "It's a mixed bag of everything from
> Johnny Cash to James Taylor to Carrie Underwood, even trying to fit some
> harp
> into an acoustic version of Freebird."
>
> You probably know this already, but a lot of the old soul, country western,
> and a lot of the southern rock is in a major pentatonic scale or a
> mixolodyian scale. 2nd position (mixolodyian means a major scale with the
> blues 7th)
> this is the scale:
> 1D 2B 2D (sometimes a song also needs 2 Dbb) 3D 4D 5B 6B 6D 7D 8D 8B 9B and
> 10D
>
> I call this the John Popper scale. I use it more than the I do a blues
> scale.
>
> You can use these same notes for the relative minor--you have a C harp, in
> 2nd it's in G, but you can use the same notes for songs in E minor. It works
> well for songs like Little Wing--not that I can really play Little Wing,
> just fake it.
>
> --
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