Re: [Harp-L] Vernacular of Harmonica

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Major is using his own terminology, which is not shared by anyone else (although Jon Gindick has also used the term slant harp for third position). 


Straight harp for first position and cross harp for second position are the only position names that are universally understood, and these are being overtaken by simply using the numbered positions organized around the circle of fifths. This numbered position system is logically consistent and has become the preferred method for describing all positions, although straight harp and cross harp remain accepted and widely used.

Winslow

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From: Harmonicology [Neil Ashby] <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Vernacular of Harmonica


The reference to "Double-crossed, Slant Harp or Draw Harp" for the third position is found in the published by Mel Bay "C Harmonica Book" (author James Major).

/Neil (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025 ")




On â6â/â21â/â2014 at 1:41 PM, "Michael Rubin" <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Neil,
>On a C harp:
>The Mixolydian mode can start on any note. The G Miolydian scale 
>can start
>on any G. The cross harp root is any G. The dorian mode can 
>start on any
>note. The D Dorian mode can start on any D and third position's 
>root is
>any D. I have never heard the term draw harp to represent third 
>position.
>People tried to make slant harp it's nickname, but it went by the 
>wayside.
>Michael Rubin
>michaelrubinharmonica.com
>
>
>On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Harmonicology [Neil Ashby] <
>harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I have obtained the following from the site of Seydel:
>>
>> "Your basic starting and/or ending place (point of resolution) 
>would be
>> hole 4 draw."
>>
>> The phrase "point of resolution" is the correct terminology 
>(although the
>> earlier responses were also useful).
>>
>> /Neil (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025 ")
>>
>>Â