RE: [Harp-L] Donald Black tuning

[Blunt White <playharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, I use the Scalefinder on the Overblow.com to work out the notes.  Didn't see the Donald Black Highlander tuning.  Is it posted there under another name?
Thank you, 
Blunt White
 
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> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Donald Black tuning
> From: burket@xxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:42:55 -0400
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>  That sounds like a great tuning Rick.  I think I'll give it a try and & have a dedicated D harp for this for Irish session tunes that are in Mixolydian mode.
> I like the Easy Third tuning too.  Its almost like having a solo tuned harp across two octaves.
> 
> Thanks for the roadmap!
> 
> The Donald Black Highlander tuning works well for Ballads like "Lagan Love".  
> I came across this you tube version.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQRlpTIyLWk
> 
> Brendan's version on his "New Irish Harmonica" CD is lovely too.
> Burke T. 
> 
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> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:11:55 +0100
> From: Rick Epping <rickepping@xxxxxxxxx>
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> If you're going to be playing a 10-hole vamper, you might consider a 1st
> position mixolydian tuning I sometimes use: starting from regular,
> or Richter tuning, the 2-draw is lowered two semitones, and the 3-draw and
> 7-draw are each lowered one semitone.  This gives you most of
> the mixolydian scale in the first octave (missing only the 6th), and
> increases the number of playable octaves.  The blow notes (and chords)
> remain unchanged.  The low draw chord is changed from the V to the bVII,
> which is useful in the mixolydian mode.  On a D harp, the draw A chord
> would be changed to C Major, from hole 1 through hole 5.
> 
> This tuning is also useful for playing a fourth up from the 1st
> position key - which would be 12th position?  It gives you a G Major scale
> on a D harp, with G octaves at 2&5-draw and 5&9-draw, your subdominant, or
> C chord on the low draw and your dominant, or D chord on the blow.
> 
> This is the note layout for a retuned D harp:
> Blow - D,F#,A,D,F#,A,D,F#,A,D
> Draw -  E,G,C,E,G,B,C,E,G,B
> 
> Best regards,
> Rick
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