Re: [Harp-L] Cristo Redentor

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"John F. Potts" wrote:
<Does anyone know offhand whether Cristo Redentor is a dorian minor or  
<a natural minor?

The vamp that makes up the A section of the piece is in a dorian mode; the changes are Im7-IV7 (Cm7 to F7 as Charlie plays it, in 3rd position on a Bb harp).  

The 2-bar turnaround that marks the end of each chorus is a different story:
Cm7 Eb7 / Ab7 G7 /

These changes definitely take the piece out of a dorian mode.  However, as a practical matter, the same harp in 3rd position works very well against these chords--probably because the sequence is short, and it very strongly pushes the harmony back towards C minor.

This piece is also killer on a chromatic harp, of course.  What ballad isn't?

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