Re: [Harp-L] 5th Position - Alone Together
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- From: "Bill" <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:49:50 +0100
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Nice one Peter!
The tricky bit really is just one bar of Dmaj7 on the penultimate bar of the
1st A and two before the bridge - I guess the issue is partly about being
able to play the E natural accurately but also the bends for the F#. The
bridge actually goes to Fm from the Gm before going back to Dm.
I overblow but looking at the chart, it looks great for a country tuned
harp
Bill
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From: "peter lind" <pjazz_peter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bill" <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] 5th Position
I've been playing those same Dm tunes in Bb as well. Alone Together is a
great song. And I was wondering about that tricky bit. Probably help if I
looked at the sheet music again. Kenny Dorham does a beautiful version of
this song. Lot's of great sustained notes. No place to improvise really,
but a good one to listen to a lot.
Peter
On Apr 16, 2010, at 3:02 PM, Bill wrote:
I use 5th for St James Infirmary in my blues set at the moment (Dm on a
Bb) and i've used it for Summertime now and again. I've used it for
jazz tunes more though, I've done Alone Together a fair bit, again in Dm
on a Bb which is nice as it goes to Gm or 4th position in the bridge.
The tricky bit is when it goes to D major for the last couple of bars of
the A section which took a bit of work
I guess one way of thinking about position playing, would be to look at
what i think of as the default modal scale on the harp and work out how
many changes you need to play a different scale with a common root. So
to turn your 5th position phrygian mode into a dorian you need to
sharpen the 2nd and the 6th, to make it mixolydian, the 2nd, the 3rd and
the 6th for Ionian or the major scale, the 2nd, the 3rd, the 6th and the
7th etc.
There's some good exercises you can do moving between them, which is one
of those bits of practice i should do more of i think - it needs OBs or
valving or whatever though. What doesn't is the fifth mode of harmonic
minor or Spanish Phrygian, play G harmonic minor on a Bb over a D7 chord
and you'll get my drift
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