[Harp-L] Bill Barrett

[George Miklas]

Gary, you are tuning to the Dominant 7th (m7) tuning. I believe Bebop
tuning lowers 4 and 8 to "A" to create the Major 6th chord. (4 & 8 button
in Bb). I have a customer that has had me tune all of his CX-12s in all
keys to Bebop M6 tuning.
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On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 2:50 AM Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman at xxxxx> wrote:

> Bebop tuning makes a lot of sense, Bb is the first flat—and who needs
> three C notes all in the same place?
> It’s an easy retune too.
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jan 5, 2020, at 11:36 PM, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Thanks very much for all that, Gary. I have heard Bill play standard
> tuned chrom, and diatonic.
> > I can see he is a highly skilled and imaginative musician.
> > But I think I know my way around the solo tuned chrom (just enough) to
> assume he's in a different tuning
> > I'll have to think about all that!
> > Thanks, Michael Rubin for your reply, too.
> > RD
> >
> >> On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 at 14:08, Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman at xxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> I have done some work for him—he tunes blow 4 and 8 to Bb, and slide 4
> and 8 to B—then he tunes hole 12 to B blow, C blow button, C# draw and D
> draw button.
> >> And I like the tuning, I adopted it years ago and have been promoting
> the tuning for quite some time (and have made some converts).
> >> But the reason he sounds so good is a result of all the time he has put
> in studying and practicing the harmonica. The tuning helps, but it’s not
> the reason.
> >> BTW, I do the same thing except I use a 12 hole in G and retune to
> Orchestra. Hole 12 for me is E blow, F blow button, F# draw, and G draw
> button. But I don’t play that hole much!
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> > On Jan 5, 2020, at 6:31 PM, Michael Rubin <
> michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > He likes Bebop tuned chromes.  He may use double bebop tuning
> sometimes.
> >> >
> >> >> On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 8:22 PM Rick Dempster <
> rickdempster33 at xxxxx>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I've only just become aware of Bill Barrett, and I like what I hear.
> >> >> Does anyone have any idea what he is playing here in this Hohner
> promo? He
> >> >> plays at 2.10 and 6.50.
> >> >> Unless I'm completely tone deaf, that's no standard C chrom. I
> cannot work
> >> >> out how he is getting those double-stopp harmonies. I
> >> >> Is it a standard-tuned chrom? and if so, what key and position is he
> in.
> >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm_e2BZMbJM&t=413s
> >> >>
>