Re: [Harp-L] What would Charlie Musselwhite do?

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

My youtube series has a video on 4th.  You may consider watching from the
beginning of the group of vids on Modes.  I have a full index on my website.
http://youtu.be/-BkRyHTj5e8
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:51 AM, The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Pros default to whatever position suits them...most pros learn more than 3
> positions to have more choices.
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> Charlie is pretty proficient at many positions.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross Macdonald <pdxharpdog@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: List harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 1:29 am
> Subject: [Harp-L] What would Charlie Musselwhite do?
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>
> Hi, I am meeting with our record producer for our new album next week for
> pre-production.  This new album will have a Tom Waits-like feel to it with
> few
> instruments and will have harp on most tunes.  Something like his Orphans:
> Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards record.  I know that Charlie played most of
> the
> harp on the record (John Hammond played some too).
>
> One of the tracks on our record is a slow but swingy 50's kind of
> private-eye
> thing in E minor.  I am Ok doing this in 3rd position on a low D harp,
>  but not
> at all in 4th position on a G harp.  If I am being honest, once you get
> past
> 1st, 2nd and 3rd position I am basically a bit lost. Do the pros generally
> default to 3rd position as the go-to position for minor tunes?  Is it worth
> learning 4th position for more than just changing it up on a minor tune?
>  Is
> there a fourth position tutorial out there on youtube i could study?
>
> What would Charlie default to on a E minor tune?  Im thinking whatever
> position
> the harp would be played in,  it would need some tremolo and reverb to get
> the
> mood I think it needs.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Ross Macdonald
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