Re: [Harp-L] 4th position? or Natural minor tuning?

[Grant Walters <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Correction: I meant to say He (Gino) was fluent in this position.

On May 31, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Grant Walters wrote:

> As a follow up to my last post...
> 
> Hoping Gino can explain to us how to played the song Europa...
> (Santana version)
> He either played it with a minor keyed harp...or one in what he calls forth....
> I seemed fluent in this position...and I could not find the right harp to match what he was doing....( we played together)
> 
> Like I said...I play it with a Bb harp...which I think is 3rd position on this minor tune...not sure ...but I feel comfortable there.
> How we got to almost the same place with different harps...I am not sure.
> Maybe he has changed the tuning on one of his harps?
> 
> I found this to be the case with Brendan Power...he had many harps special tuned for different songs.
> Looking forward to learning more about the minor tunings ...etc...
> 
> Grant
>