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Phil Eich wrote:
For you guys playing jazz on diatonics...are you
thinking the pitches of the different scales or the
scale degrees? (Is this where things like
10th/11th/etc. positions come in?)
Phil,
I use valved diatonics, so I play a lot in 2nd position. I also like
10th position (e flat on a c harp) and 5th (e on a c harp) for some
minor key things. I also use 1st position occasionally. What I really
like is that I don't have to transpose like most players. I can just
pick a different harp. I have taught myself to read intervals instead of
notes when I have a chart, and I mostly think intervals on the harp.
When I practice, I mostly practice scales in 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 10th
positions. But when it comes right down to it, I like 2nd position best.
I mostly practice major, myxolydian, h-minor, m-minor, and diminished
scales in each of those positions, plus scales that may be peculiar to
any tunes I am trying to learn.
I rarely use overblow/overdraw, so I can't really tell you what my
preferences are for that.