[Harp-L] Re: 3rd position?

[John Kapetan <kapetanj4696@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Winslow; 


I was kind of afraid that would be the answer. I am not very good with different tunings, but guess that means to work on it. Thanks loads, keep on Harpin..... 


John 
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 09:12:58 -0700 (PDT) 
From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Brendan uses his own special tunings, so all bets are off. 

The tune is in G and third position would be on a low F diatonic or chromatic -and he's playing a chromatic. 

Note that the opening warble sounds like Draw 4/5 (G and Bb) in third position. But then he plays a higher G as a blow note followed by F as a draw note (not third position, because both notes would be in the opposite breath direction) and then comes down to G again as a draw note. 

Also, he's playing a chromatic and using the slide. His first slide twiddle goes F# (draw, slide in) to F-natural (draw slide out). Again, this doesn't work on a standard F chromatic (or on an E chromatic, where 10th position could be played like 3rd with the slide held in). 

So I'm afraid that Brendan appears to be using a special tuning (on what looks like a Hering 7148 from the clear injection-molded comb). 

Winslow 
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From: John Kapetan <kapetanj4696@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:31 AM 
Subject: [Harp-L] 3rd position? 


Hi All; 


Can anyone tell me if Mr Power (I think it is him on the clip) is playing 3rd position on this? Thanks: 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqJ7-OHmnvc 

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