Re: [Harp-L] O, Come All Ye Faithful played in three positions on diatonic

[Ken H in Ohio <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

So for the 3rd, how about a G harp in 11th position ?

Ken H in OH

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Thanks, all for playing.
>
> The first one is 12th position on a C harp.
>
> The second one is second position on a Bb harp.
>
> Several correct guesses have been made on those two.
>
> But nobody is even close to being warm on the third one. Anyone want to
> try again?
>
> Winslow
>
> Winslow Yerxa
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> ________________________________
> From: Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>
> To: Ken H in Ohio <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arthur Jennings <arturojennings@xxxxxxxxxx>; Winslow Yerxa <
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> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] O, Come All Ye Faithful played in three positions on
> diatonic
>
>
>
> Winslow's first round is a G Melody Maker (i think) the others are a Bb
> and a Low F
>
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>
> ________________________________
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 15:33:04 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] O, Come All Ye Faithful played in three positions on
> diatonic
> From: airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx
> To: boogalloo@xxxxxxx
> CC: arturojennings@xxxxxxxxxx; winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> I would say the 1st one is played on a C harp in 12th position, the 2nd on
> a Bb in 2nd position, and the 3rd on a Low F in 1st position.
>
> The 1st one seemed the hardest for me, as I really don't play anything in
> 12th, although I have attempted it a few times.
>
> Ken H in OH
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Of the cuff, I did it (in F) with a Bb and a Low F no problem. What would
> the other one be?
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 18:46:16 +0000
> >> From: arturojennings@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> To: winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] O,      Come All Ye Faithful played in three
> positions on       diatonic
> >> CC: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>
> >> Beautifully played, Winslow!
> >>
> >>
> >> My harp key guesses are:
> >>
> >> Version 1 -- C
> >>
> >> Version 2 -- Bb
> >>
> >> Version 3 -- Low F
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Somewhere in all the back-and-forth challenging someone mentioned the
> idea of playing Adeste Fideles (aka O, Come All ye faithful) in the first
> octave of a diatonic where there are missing notes.
> >> > OK, I did it and you can hear the results.
> >> > I found a piano backing track in the key of F, and then played along
> with it three times, each time using a different key of diatonic harmonica
> and playing the tune in the low register, or as deep in the low register as
> would fit on that key of harp. All three harmonicas were in standard tuning
> and had not been tweaked or altered for this recording - they were what I
> had lying around in interesting keys.
> >> >
> >> > When I recorded, each rendition was done as a single take - no
> piecing together cherry-picked fragments. And no pitch correction, either.
> Just a bit of reverb and mastering plugins.
> >> > You can listen and judge the results - and figure out which keys of
> harps I used at this link:
> >> >
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2901194/Adeste%20Fideles%20in%20three%20positions.mp3
> >> > Winslow
> >> > zzzzzzzzzzz
> >
>