RE: [Harp-L] Take five

[Blunt White <playharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a good challenge to practice it on a diatonic (yes in 3rd).  To impress yourself play it on a Paddy Richter tuned harp (so much easier, but just for the melody, to play it out with the loss of the triple step draw bend in hole 3 would be a sin).  The tab was posted on HarpL in November 2006, if it's not in the archives I can scan a copy to the List.
All the best,
Blunt White
 
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Take five
> From: madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 21:47:42 -0500
> To: martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Take Five can definitely be played in Eb on a Db diatonic harp (3rd position) without overblows.
> I say this from personal experience - including many years of gigs with Dave Brubeck and Chris Brubeck.  It takes some precise note bending, but no overblows.
> 
> Peter Madcat Ruth
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> > On Jan 6, 2016, at 8:38 AM, martin oldsberg <martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >> Take Five can be played on a Db diatonic harp (3rd position vs Eb) without 
> >> overblows.
> > Erh, no. The B-section jumps up an octave, requiring an OB -- and, I think, off the cuff, even an OD./Martin
>