FW: [Harp-L] Special tuning questions

[Ronald Burton <aussierwb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well I'll be d*^%$#

 

Ron B
 
> From: 3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Special tuning questions
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:38:59 -0500
> To: aussierwb@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> On Nov 16, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Ronald Burton wrote:
> 
> >
> > Joseppi...
> >
> > Is the harp you're using on "After The Lovin'" have the "adjusted" 
> > 9 blow reed?...and just how long were you going to keep that little 
> > secret from me?
> >
> > Ron, it wouldn't necessarily 'have' to....unless...you are going to 
> > use the high end of the harp. I think in this case I DID go up into 
> > the high end. Sooo, unless you cut that 9th reed up too, you WILL 
> > get a nasty dischord. lolol (p.s. not all my 'specials' have the 
> > 9th cut...but most do). (p.s. I sometimes also use a wind saver on 
> > the 5 draw reed). That way I can blow the #5 blow DOWN. I think I 
> > have that on my C Db & Bb.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>> Ken H in OH
> >>>
> >> Ha ha ha, I don't know if it's 'better known as' but I have been
> >> using that tuning since 1959. There was a good reason for it. I am
> >> not as advanced as most of you guys/gals, or at least I wasn't back
> >> then. After all, I was just a kid of 17. I never liked the Richter
> >> layout and while it's fine for blues (with the blue #5 draw), It
> >> didn't lend itself to ballads nor Doo-Wop. Several people I know have
> >> claimed that the 50s were the low point in music in the U.S., but I
> >> didn't see it that way. I liked to play along with the Fleetwoods,
> >> Flamingoes, Shep & the Limelights, Johnny Maestro & Brooklynn Bridge,
> >> Drifters, and yada yada yada.
> >>
> >> Changing the reed #5 made a difference in doing 19 out of 100 tunes
> >> in an acceptable fashion to a whopping 67 out of 100. THEN, I noticed
> >> that it made a number of country/western tunes possible even WITHOUT
> >> using a second harp for the bridge. Then, since I like to use all 10
> >> holes, I realized that the #9 needed adjusting too. I'm not German,
> >> so Richter doesn't fit me, and I'm not Irish, so Paddy doesn't fit me
> >> either. I am Italian & Polish, so I don't know WHAT (the hell) I'm
> >> doing? lolol
> >>
> >> I have NO idea of what positions are. I know that I sometimes pick
> >> up a harp that is waaaay different from what the tune requires? And
> >> sometimes I make it work, but couldn't tell you what I'm doing. I
> >> think this comes from the fact that I am mainly a chromo player and
> >> work with all chromos in all keys. So maybe it's osmosis? lolol
> >
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