[Harp-L] Re: Something new about the Paddy Richter tuning

[Sergei <svolkov@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paddy Richter played straight is a very cool minor harp.

On Oct 28, 5:32 pm, Ken Hildebrand <airmojo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I really like the Paddy Richter tuning.  I've retuned
> some extra harps... Although, I don't know if I trust
> myself to re-tune a Seydel 1847 (don't have any extras
> of those lying around!).
>
> Yeah, you can play some nice minor songs on the PR
> harp.
>
> Try 'Star of the County Down' (one of my favorite
> Howard Levy songs (with Bela Fleck).
>
> Also lots of nice Christmas songs, like:
>
> God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
> O Come O Come Emmanuel
> We Three Kings
>
> Ken H in OH
>
> --- "Dave Payne Sr." <payneoutdo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I was thinking about a good way to make an A minor
> > Seydel 1847 for a customer, since Seydel doesn't
> > offer it yet. Seydel will special tune anything you
> > want, but I was looking for something simple I could
> > do to retune one here.
> >    I was thinking the only thing missing on a C harp
> > to play in A minor is a low octave anchor to the A
> > minor scale, so you don't have to bend deep for the
> > ''Do"" I tuned the 3 blow up to A. Now, the A minor
> > scale starts at 3 blow, so you can dip below that. I
> > take a C harp, retune one reed and it's an excellent
> > A minor.
> >   This tuning is the same, I believe, as Paddy
> > Richter. If anybody has a paddy, you might want to
> > try some straight harp minor on it. It's awesome.
>
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