Re: [Harp-L] Re: Theory, - Kenny Baker and Bill Monroe

[Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:50 AM 5/22/2011, Vern wrote:
> I thought that the flatted seventh is the "blue note" and the flatted 
> third occurs in the minor scale.
> When you play a G scale cross-harp on a C harmonica, isn't the F-natural 
> the "blue note"?

Not the way I learned it, but that doesn't mean I learned correctly.

The blue note is a sort of 'flatted' third, as opposed to the minor third, 
which is the note between the third and the second.

And as with many other details, the actual intonation of this flatted third 
varies with the player.  But not flatting that third just when you'd expect 
to hear it flatted is a very compelling sound in the hands of masters like 
Baker and Monroe.

K