Re: [Harp-L] Natural Minor positions

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jazmaan wrote:
> I know that Jimi Lee is a master of "position play" using the 
> Natural minor tuning.  I've got a Lee Osker "Em" harp (which I 
> think of as an "A" harp but that's another discussion.)  My 
> question is what "position" is it when you're playing in the 
> key of C major, (blow 2 is the tonic)?

I team-taught a seminar at SPAH2006 with Jimi where he played a nice 
piece that modulated between C major and E minor, and played on an E 
minor (based on A) tuning.  Technically, this is 10th position (moving 
the opposite direction around the circle of 5ths), but it's more 
helpful to me to think of it as 5th, since the tonic is on the 2 blow, 
as it would be if you were playing in 5th minor on a major tuned harp.

-tim