RE: [Harp-L] Best harmonica tuning to play "tunes and songs"

[Steve Shaw <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

I play hundreds of Irish/Scottish/Northumbrian tunes, and accompany a few songs, on 10-hole harps which are in the Paddy Richter tuning. This is a one-reed modification - normally the 3-blow reed is raised by a whole tone.
 
 
> I like the "Melody Maker", "Country tuning" thing where the F is sharped on
> the C harp. That would be the 5th hole draw (and on the MM, also the 9th
> hole).
> I especially like the Major Cross tuning Tony Eyers crafted--it further
> raises the notes on the bottom of the harp, so that there are no missing
> major scale notes.
> So a C harp is tuned (to be played in G major in cross position)
> | D e | F# g | A b | C d | E f# | G a | C b | E d | G f# | B a |
> I retune harps as a sideline, and find this retune to be fairly easy.
> The other two are available from Lee Oskar and Hohner, respectively.
> Gary Lehmann
>
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 9:51 PM, DONALD GRUNDY wrote:
>
>> Just a beginner question. I just don't do much with the blues.