[Harp-L] scales

["John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>]

Scale tab, Fifth Position (key of E minor on a C harp):

MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE through 2 registers
B2  D2/B3  D3** D3 D4 B5 B6 D6 D7 D8 8B (B9=flat third high register)

NOTE:  the breath pattern for the minor pentatonic scale in Fifth  
Position is identical to the breath pattern for the major pentatonic  
scale in Second Position, just starting on a different note.

BLUES SCALE
B2  D2/B3  D3** D3* D3  D4 B5

NATURAL MINOR SCALE/Aeolian mode
B2  D2* D2/B3  D3** D3  B4 D4 B5

DORIAN MINOR SCALE/mode
B2  D2* D2/B3  D3** D3  D4* D4  B5

PHRYGIAN MODE through 2 registers
B2 D2** D2/B3  D3** D3 B4 D4 B5 D5 B6 D6 D7 B7 D8 B8

 MODE  (major scale w/ flat 7th)
B2  D2* D3*** D3** D3  D4* D4 B5
 MIXOLYDIAN

JP