Re: [Harp-L] Re: Do teachers & players tend to undervalue first position?

[David Michelsen Tuition <dmharpman@xxxxxxxxx>]

I quite like St James Infirmary otherwise titled Gamblers Blues in fifth 
position, it gives it something quite deep, throaty and dirty. St James 
Infirmary is a copyrighted song in Europe whilst Gamblers Blues, which 
is exactly the same tune is in the public domain!
For those who have opened second position, but not yet fifth, try 
playing an A harp in second position with one hand and then find the 
same notes on a C harp held in the other hand & you'll be opening up 
fifth position on your C harp.
Have fun-David
On 29/03/2011 10:07, Boris Plotnikov wrote:
> > Btw, Boris, don't you ever use 5th position (E minor on a C harp)?
> Yes, but mostly for practice and for some phrigian scale (flamenco
> improvising!). While playing parallel minor to 2nd position ((:
> I know and play only two tunes when 5th position works better than
> others. Hendrix's "Little Wing" and Kenny Dorham's "Blue Bossa". It's
> possible and easy to play bunch of minor tunes in this key, but I
> always feel that Dm (3rd pos.) or Am (4th position) sounds better for
> me, and I don't know why.

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