Re: [Harp-L] RE: Little Wing Fifth Position

[Zack <zack.pomerleau@xxxxxxxxx>]

   Well, Bo, I can tell you fifth position is simple. Start of the four hole
blow on a C. Okay? Go to 6 Draw. Play your harp in first position but the
key of the song will be in A Minor. Cool, right?


   Sincerely,
   Zack.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 2:24 PM, bostonmoejo <bostonmoejo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Does anyone have an example of Fifth Position playing in tab form (perhaps
> for Little Wing or Hesitation Blues?)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> ~Bo in Boston
>
>
> In a message dated 07/08/09 14:01:38 Eastern Daylight Time,
> maddog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Thanks John.  I am with you on that and also like 5th a lot for the
> Hesitation Blues.
>
> Mad Dog
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>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Lately, I've been playing "Little Wing"  with two different bands
> (each of which plays a somewhat different arrangement) using fifth
> position and it sounds pretty good.  I'm not at all sure that I'm
> playing it correctly with all the right changes and chord tones, and
> I will lay out for some passages.  But, all the other musicians seem
> to like it, and it sounds good.  Don't really know if I've come up
> with some approximations that work or what, but everyone is digging
> it, and I'm having fun doing it since I like the tune.
>
> FWIW.
>
> JP
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