Re: [Harp-L] Summertime on A Diatonic

["michael rubin" <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,
If you started on 6 draw, that would be in 3rd position.  The song
begins on the 5th note in the scale.  The middle octave's 3rd
position tonic is 4 draw, the note D on a C harp.  What is the 5th
note in the key of D?
D E F# G A
1  2 3   4  5

A is the 5th note.  A is the name of the note in 6 draw on a C harp.
Therefore if you start Summertime on 6 draw, you are playing 3rd
position.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com
On 10/1/08, James Sterett <jsterett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Miles... Genius.
>
> I'm no Summertime afficionado, it also seems to lay out nicely in 5th position(?)... starting on the 6 draw.
>
> Jim.
> www.mcmule.com
>
> >>> George Brooks <gbrooksvt@xxxxxxxxxxx> 10/1/2008 5:14 PM >>>
> I heard the story told a little differently, although I make no claim
> that this version is authoritative, or that the exchange even took
> place.  Night after night, Coltrane was playing extended solos, and he
> knew he was going on way to long to suit his bandleader.  So he goes to
> Miles and asks him, straight up and sincerely, "How do you end a solo?"
>  Miles responds, "You take the damn horn out of your mouth!"
>
> Apologies if this has already been mentioned.  I think Summertime lays
> out best on a diatonic in fourth position ("A on a C harp").  The first
> three notes are 5 blow, 4 blow, 5 blow (Sum - mer - time).
>
> George
>
> ========================================================
>
>  Richard Hunter wrote:
>
> I am reminded of a fabled conversation between John Coltrane and Miles
> Davis
> that supposedly took place while Trane was working in Davis's band.
>
> "You're playing too much," Miles said.
> "I've got so many ideas. I just don't know how to stop," Trane said.
> "Well, why don't you try takin' the f---in' horn out of your mouth?"
> Miles said.
>
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