Re: [Harp-L] Don Les / arpeggios

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

But I think it is valuable to think of the chord as it relates to the
position's key.  For example, the blow arpeggio 1 2 3 blow is a I chord in
1st position, a IV chord in second position, a V chord in 12th position,
etc.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com


On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Bill in DC wrote:
> Sandy Weltman mentioned that Les played a lot of arpeggios. Is there
> any source of how to play arpeggios in 1st position on the diatonic?
>
> My book "Jazz Harp" includes plenty of scale and arpeggio exercises.
>  However, it's not meaningful to talk about playing arpeggios "in 1st
> position".  An arpeggio by definition is a broken chord, i.e. it's the
> notes of the chord played in sequence, one at a time.  It's the same chord
> regardless of which position you're playing in.  if you can play the
> arpeggio in one position, you can play it in any other.
>
> Regards, Richard Hunter
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