[Harp-L] melody maker

["steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <swebb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I took an old Lee Oskar harp that I never play, a C that is more than 10 
years old... and turned it into a Melody Maker tonight.
I can see that I will have to make some adjustments in how I play. I use 
3 blow more than I thought when I am trying to play melodies.Hard to 
make that change.
I just want to try to get a few bluegrass/country songs where I play 
pretty much strictly melody. I keep running into songs at jams where I 
could use that missing A note on the third hole, without using a bend. 
There is a jam on Sunday where i can try it out a little bit.
I can play these songs on a Richter tuned harp, but I don't like trying 
to control that 3 draw bend to get the A note. Maybe I should get some 
better harps, but my customiser (me) isn't as good as some others.
On a related note, I just re-listened to my MS Blows CD. I think PT 
Gazell should be arrested.
Steve Webb in Minnesota