Re: [Harp-L] blow 3, draw 2

[John Kerkhoven <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike, 

On a D Paddy Richter, I play songs like "Boy's Lament for his Dragon" and "Swallowtail jig" on which I'll play the B-Part one time in the first octave.What I find a lot of fun with that tuning is taking advantage of the minor chord it produces: 3B 4B 5B. Finnish Polka goes down well, for instance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ2yosBoDho (sorry 'bout the ambient noise in the video). It's basically playing fourth position, minor, with the minor root chord. 

Cheers,

John


> My experience with 3blow .. when I first started playing harp it was blues music all the way and I  avoided Blow3 like the plague. Later I discovered how well blow3 actually works in some blues songs, like alternating with Draw2 or when running out of air after hitting to many draw notes :)p. On another 3 blow note comment,  I am soon going to  try raising the blow 3 reed a whole step (G to an A) for the purpose of messing around with playing some jigs/reels in the the lower register. Any songs suggestion for this type tuning would be welcomed.
> Thanks*** Mike
> On Oct 8, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Richard Sleigh <rharp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> A couple thoughts on the recent discussion on draw 2 vs blow 3:
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>> I agree with Winslow that the air chamber in your mouth is connected to both blow and draw notes as far as tone quality. Being able to bend draw 2 gives you more expression, but you can still get a lot out of blow 3.
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>> One exercise that helps a lot is to go from draw 2 to blow 3 and work at getting the tone to match. It is possible. 
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>> Another one is to use a chromatic harmonica and match the tone on blow 4 and draw 4 with slide in( on a C chromatic they are both C notes). Get the tone and vibrato to match.  Both of these exercises build chops that transfer to playing any kind of harmonica.
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>> If you treat blow 3 as another note with all kinds of rich tone just waiting for you to discover, you'll get a lot more out of it than if you think of it as not as good as draw 2. 
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>> Richard Sleigh
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>> http://www.rsleigh.com
>> http://www.hotrodharmonicas.com
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