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

[Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

My favorite version of "St James Infirmary" is Steve Baker and Chris Jones's version on their CD "Slow Roll"... I don't recall right off what "position" Steve plays, but its the best version of this song that I have heard, or in my music collection.
 
Ken H in OH 

--- On Tue, 3/29/11, David Michelsen Tuition <dmharpman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: David Michelsen Tuition <dmharpman@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Do teachers & players tend to undervaluefirst position?
To: "Hitch, Jerry Scott CIV PSNS & IMF, Shop 26" <jerry.hitch@xxxxxxxx>, "harp-l harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 10:34 AM


I meant that I enjoy playing that tune in 5th position & was suggesting that folks try it out for them selves. So I suppose I meant my version, but it was a suggestion that you as players try it rather than a promotion for any cover of my own :)David

On 29/03/2011 17:52, Hitch, Jerry Scott CIV PSNS & IMF, Shop 26 wrote:
> I have only heard one version of St. James Infirmary played by a 70's band called Zephyr. It was excellent and they also had a couple of songs on the album with killer harmonica. What version are you referring to and who plays it?
> Respectfully,
> Scott Hitch
> Shop 26, Equipment Control
> 360-476-2751
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: Boris Plotnikov
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> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Do teachers&  players tend to undervaluefirst position?
> 
> 
> 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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