[Harp-L] tricks for reading and transposing on the fly for diatonic

[Arthur Jennings]

Thanks, Winslow!

> On Apr 25, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> OK.
> 
> Let's assume second position. (This trick can be made to work easily enough with other positions as well).
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> Your home note is Draw 2. Find it on the staff. That's your anchor point of reference. (Use another anchor note for another position; everything below will still apply.)
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> If Draw 2 is on a space, Draw 3, 4, 5, and 6 will be one the spaces above, and Blow 2 will be on the space below, with Blow 1 on the space below that. Draw 1 will be on the line above Blow 1.
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> If Draw 2 is on a line, then all those notes will also be on lines. As long as you keep track of the location of Draw 2, you have quick access to those other 7 notes.
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> Let's go back to Draw 2 being on a space, if only because I started with that.
> 
> Draw 2 bend will be on the line below, with the appropriate sharp or flat depending on the depth of the bend.
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> Draw 3, 4, and 6 semitone bends will probably be on the same space, with appropriate flat or natural.
> 
> The Draw 3 two-semitone bend will be on the line below the space where unbent Draw 3 is located.
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> Blow 4 will be on the line below Draw 4. Blow 5 will be on the line below Draw 5. Blow 6 will be on the line below Draw 6.
> 
> I'll let you work out the top octave for yourself; you see how the system works.
>  
> Winslow Yerxa
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> 
> 
> From: Arthur Jennings <arturojennings at xxxxx>
> To: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa at xxxxx> 
> Cc: Leonard Schwartzberg <leonard1 at xxxxx>; Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 12:51 PM
> Subject: tricks for reading and transposing on the fly for diatonic
> 
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> > On Apr 25, 2017, at 2:31 PM, Winslow Yerxa via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > [...]I have a couple of tricks for reading and transposing on the fly for diatonic that I figured out while playing Big River.[...]
> 
> I'd love to have some tricks like that. Any chance of you sharing them with us?
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