Re: [Harp-L] Diatonic Positions

[Rick Jackofsky <roosterick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't teach harmonica, but I would say there shouldn't be any set  
curriculum. When I teach banjo I tailor the lessons to the student.  
With a total beginner I keep them in a standard G tuning till they  
know their way around the instrument and have mastered basic right  
hand technique. Then I will move on to other tunings. If I am  
teaching someone who already plays another instrument the move comes  
much quicker. With harmonica I think I would start a complete  
beginner in first position, playing basic major scale melodies, if  
they were interested in blues I would move pretty quickly to second  
position. At that point I would explain that when you use a different  
hole on the harmonica as the tonic or root note, you are playing in a  
different mode and harmonica players like to call them positions.


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On Mar 16, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Robert Hale wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Rick Jackofsky  
> <roosterick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2nd position is G Mixolydian mode. No sharps or flats, till you  
> bend the reeds.
>
> Right, all.
> (Used as a reference to the circle of fifths, that's all.)
>
> What's your opinion of introducing 12P soon with 2P?
>
>
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