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

[Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>]

The reason I like the cross harp with the major 7th is the bends. On a C
harp, the draw bends are based on a G chord, so if you raised draw 5, the
bent notes on holes 3, 4, and 5 modify the tonic chord--b3, b5, b7.
If you raise blow 3, you also have the A note as a "given", able to be
played without a bend.
You can get the F# on hole 2 with a half step draw bend, but I like having
it as a given. I have also tuned blow 2 to F, but then you need an E, and
that leads you to Major Cross, where hole 1 is | D e |.
And of course there are all those stacked chords then . . .
Gary

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 2:07 AM, Steve Shaw <moorcot@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> 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.
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