[Harp-L] Twelfth position - Does it Appeal to Others Like it Appeals to Me?

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Over the past year and a half, I've gotten more comfortable playing in
twelfth position.
I usually choose this position in a country/folkish song or a pop-ish
sounding song, something with a pronounced major feel.  Even though the
chords we can use come at unusual places, and we certainly have to scope
them out, it almost seems to me that twelfth position is the "other first"
position on a diatonic harp.
I am curious if anyone ever uses twelfth position when playing Blues or
anything in a minor key.
I ask because I haven't had that work for me and not sound strained/forced.
(My cats observe that twelfth position seems exactly eleven times worse than
first position and couldn't I please put that thing away !!Now!!)
Brad Trainham