[Harp-L] Harmonica within a larger Musical Framework wasRE: Summertime

["Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John;
          I believe the Iceman was speaking of the UNBENT draw 3, which is a major 7th in the IV chord, and doesn't sound good in a blues in that particular placement.
RD

>>> "John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx> 21/10/2008 10:48 >>>
Iceman:
	You wrote:

This goes hand in hand with the disappointment chrom players have  
when they hear diatonic doing it's "thang" and ignoring the chord  
changes - even happens in blues where you don't have a lot of changes  
(example - cross harp, playing 3 hole inhale on the IV chord). This  
was one factor in the divisiveness between the two camps.
	

Maybe I'm missing something since I have no formal music training,  
but in second position, isn't the 3 draw bent down a half step the  
flat 7th of the  IV chord?  Accordingly, why wouldn't this be a note  
that is complimentary to the IV chord in blues material?  Since this  
same note is also the flat 3d of the I chord, I've always thought of  
it as a note that is complementary to both of those chords and which  
can be used as a good transition note to lean on in a  blues tune  
since it is a blue note in both the I chord and the IV chord.    
However,  the same would not be true for 3 draw unbent, if that is  
what you are referring to.  Although i have no formal music   
training, i am not oblivious to chord changes, even in blues, so i am  
a little perplexed by your above quoted statement.  Please enlighten me.

JP
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