RE: [Harp-L] Does Bill Barrett play altered tunings?

[robert mcgraw <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey thanks Arthur...I appreciate the info; this musically makes more sense anyway...I had never really thought much about bebop tuning, obviously :-)

I play only standard C chromatics; maybe i should give this a try.

WVa Bob
 


HyDate: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:16:48 -0700
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Does Bill Barrett play altered tunings?
From: timeistight@xxxxxxxxx
To: harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx
CC: subdomaintain@xxxxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

Actually, bebop tuning replaces one of the duplicated blow hole tonics of solo-tuning with the b7 of the scale. On a C harp, for example you'd tune blow holes 4 and 8 to Bb (slide out) and B (slide in).


On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Bob McGraw <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think he plays bebop tuning, which replaces the B#s ( draw Cs) with Bb. I would gues u heard him playing a diminished scale, something jazz plaers often do.
WVa Bob

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On Jun 4, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Gene Pool <subdomaintain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Does anyone know if Bill plays altered tunings?  It sounded to me like the video on his myspace might be a C diminished chromatic.

http://www.myspace.com/billbarrett23






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