Re: [Harp-L] "Take the A Train" Question
- To: robert <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Harp-L] "Take the A Train" Question
- From: Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 07:35:21 -0500
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Robert,
Are you on chromatic? Pick your easiest key. Let's say it is F. On a C
harp F is 12 position. Find the harp where C is 12th position. That would
be a G harp. Buy a G chromatic. Play as though you were playing a C harp
in F and it will sound like the key of C and be easy to play.
Michael Rubin
michaelrubinharmonica.com
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:42 AM, robert <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There was a discussion here a while back about playing the head of "Take
> the A Train."
> Anyway, I have been struggling for quite some time to play this darn thing
> fluidly and make it swing...I've tried corner switching and I've tried
> pucker, and I've tried mixing the two; I continue to practice all those but
> I seem to be stuck and I'm not happy with the way I play it. Anybody have
> any suggestions?
> WVa Bob
> P.S. I've moved it through all 12 keys and it's easier to play it in
> certain other keys, but one needs to be able to play it in the key it was
> written in, C.
>
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