Re: [Harp-L] Norwegian Wood

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

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> Whoops, yes, you DO need to overblow blow 7.... Playing Norwegian Wood  
in 
> 2nd in the treble...
---overblow 6 hole, John :-)
WVa  Bob
>>
 
OK I admit it I have NO IDEA at any time just what number hole I'm blowing  
or drawing... I just do it...
 
My late pal, Douglas Tate was similar,  he.. and I... just  heard a note in 
our heads, and it just seems to come out on  harmonica...  Doug learnt to 
play a "C" Chrom, and that was his  "Axe"...
 
I learnt to play (originally)  on a "G" Chrom, and that is my  "natural" 
home, harmonically.
 
That is one reason I find "altered tunings" difficult!
 
I learned chromatic harmonica using a 270 Super Chromonica in "G" ( I was 8 
 years old)... Then, when I was 13 years old, my Mom gave me a Larry Adler  
16  "four octave chromatic"... In the key of "C"..  

ALL THE NOTES WERE IN THE WRONG PLACE!
 
When I started playing diatonic harmonic as a teenager, I stopped playing  
the chromatic harmonica, for YEARS , simply because I couldn't cope with the 
 different tuning! 
 
Now?
 
I play 50% chrom and 50% diatonic.
 
But "special tunings"? They are mostly TOTALY BEYONED my dyslexic  brain!
 
And I have NO IDEA what hole # I'm using... Ever!
 
All the best,
 
John "Whiteboy" Walden
Cebu City
Philippines