[Harp-L] Old Time Music and non-Richter tunings

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What about solo tuned diatonics, does anyone use those?
I have a tuning I devised that moves holes 4-9 to holes 5-10, and fills the bottom in with circular (so the draw chord is Imaj7). I have a couple of youtubes on it, I like it for OT music . . .
Gary 
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From: JWilliam Thompson
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Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 93, Issue 62
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Alternate tunings for bluegrass?

I play mostly  bluegrass and fiddle tunes nowadays. I agree with Crazy
Bob that for non-blues genres of music like these, alternate tunings
are very useful. For example, Bill Monroe's Jerusalem Ridge lies
beautifully on a Paddy Richter but is extremely awkward on a std.
Richter . But I don't agree with you, Crazy Bob, that the std. Richter
doesn't lend itself to melodic playing. My specialty is melody, and I
can attest that std. Richters lend themselves beautifully to melodic
bluegrass playing. Depends on the tune whether Paddy or standard R.
works better for a given melody.

Bill in DC


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