Re: [Harp-L] the flat third

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Generally, you don't want the flat 3rd in the IV chord. It sounds way too dark for most blues - except maybe sophisticated jazz-style blues - and even then not all the time.

You *do* want the ability to start that note bent down a little and then release the bent note into the full major note. That can sound very bluesy. But tuning he note down takes that away.

You can try it, but I think you'll find it too limiting. It gives you something you can already get anyway, while taking away something else that's just as desirable - possibly more so.

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Wed, 2/3/10, hazcon <hazcon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: hazcon <hazcon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] the flat third
To: "Jim Rumbaugh" <jrumbaug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 12:47 PM

No sorry for the misunderstanding, i meant a harp specially set up to only be played in second position .
So the flat third would be there for the 1V chord on the top octave.
Rick in NZ
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Rumbaugh" <jrumbaug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "hazcon" <hazcon@xxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 02:22
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] the flat third


> " to play straight Blues only,  retune the 8 blow a 1/2 step down to give a permanent
> flat note."
> 
> Are you saying, "to play Blues in first position on a diatonic it would be good to have a flat third in the 8 blow"?
> 
> Jim Rumbaugh
> 


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