Re: [Harp-L] Re: Questions on Harp Positions

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx wrote:
>  
> Ab Lydian mode, seventh position of your harmonica,  starts and ends
> on "fa" 
> of the Eb scale. 

Sorry, that's 12th position. Seventh position would be A natural.

You had it right up to 6th position being D. By the way, while D
Locrian is the default scale on an Eb harp, anything played in  D - D
major, D minor, whatever, would also be 6th position.

The positions go around the cycle of fifths through the complete
chromatic scale, with each position a perfect 5th (7 semitones) higher
than the last.

So 7th position on that Eb would be A, 8th would be E, 9th would be B,
10th would be F#/Gb, 11th would be Db, and 12th would be Ab.

If you want to put all the positions centered on notes of the Eb scale
in a continuous sequence, you'd start with 12th position. Then you'd
get Ab-Eb-Bb-F-C-G-D (12-1-2-3-4-5-6).

Winslow



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