RE: [Harp-L] Isn't She Lovely... on Diatonic?
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- Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Isn't She Lovely... on Diatonic?
- From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:08:15 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
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- Reply-to: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On a slightly different but related topic, I discovered the other day that almost all of Stevie's chromatic solo on "For Once In My Life"--a few passing tones in the second 8 bar section excepted--lays out very nicely on a country-tuned diatonic in 2nd position. If you're a very solid overblower, you might be able to make it work on a standard-tuned diatonic, but I think it's a lot easier and better-sounding to just tune the draw 5 reed up a half step--that major 7th is an important note in the solo, and you want it to sound sweet.
The original solo is in F#, so the harp in question is a B country-tuned diatonic.
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