Re: [Harp-L] Making Friends with 12th Position

[Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:58 AM 12/23/2007, you wrote:
> Listening to the piece Ken posted I hear it as key of D played on a G 
> harmonica and it meanders into an A minor on that descending run.  I'm not 
> sure how that works position wise but the A minor is the relative minor of 
> C which is 12th on the G harmonica or maybe I have it all wrong.  Well not 
> all of it the song is mostly in D.

When I just did the guitar track I didn't even think about keys, I was 
goofing around with alternate tunings for the first time in my life, and 
this was one of the pieces I created.  When I finally added in the harp my 
first choice of harp was fortuitous - I'll bet your right about it being a 
G harp.  Out of respect and laziness I will not even go get my harps out of 
the other room to check.

I feel like a total hillbilly for not having ever figured out the key 
movements, but when they come without me thinking them through, as this 
did, I often don't want to know the technical particulars.  If anyone has 
any other thoughts about the key movement in the piece, I'm all ears.

http://www.HarmonicaGuitar.com/Blowback.mp3

> That was kind of a fun little piece of music there Ken.  The only thing 
> that spoiled it for me was the Huang Star Performer ;)

The mind boggles at what I might have accomplished with a real harmonica. -K