Re: [Harp-L] 3rd Position

[Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nope. Just checked it on a harp. It's a flat 7th.

Eric

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Doesn't St James have a major 7th as well? I'm harpless at the moment
> (slap/slap) or I'd check.
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> Eric
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> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> Seth Galitzer wrote:
>> > My personal favorite is St. James Infirmary.  I believe the
>> > traditional key is Dm.  You can find probably hundreds of versions of
>> > this song online.  I'm partial to Louis Armstrong's rendition (or at
>> > least one of them), myself.
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>> I love Armstrong's version too.  But 3rd position isn't tops for St. James
>> Infirmary in my opinion.  The reason is that the song isn't in a dorian
>> mode--the 6th degree of the scale is flatted in the melody.  It's a problem
>> in the middle octave in particular, where the flatted sixth isn't available
>> without overblowing. Lots of people overblow now, of course, but lots don't.
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>> 5th position (E on a C harp), which has a flatted 6th, would work better.
>>  Even better is a Natural Minor harp in 2nd position, which gives you lots
>> of great chords to work with.
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>> Regards, Richard Hunter
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