[Harp-L] Modified Bebop Tuning

[Jeremy Uejio]

Hi all!

Anyone play Bebop tuning?  I have an idea...

>From Pat Missinʻs Altered States:

12.3f - BEBOP TUNING (See 5.6)

BLOW SLIDE IN  C#  E#  G#  B   C#  E#  G#  B   C#  E#  G#  B
BLOW SLIDE OUT C   E   G   Bb  C   E   G   Bb  C   E   G   Bb
HOLE NUMBER    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12
DRAW SLIDE IN  D#  F#  A#  B#  D#  F#  A#  B#  D#  F#  A#  B#
DRAW SLIDE OUT D   F   A   B   D   F   A   B   D   F   A   B

I tried changing the enharmonic A# in the DRAW SLIDE IN to an A instead:

BLOW SLIDE IN  C#  E#  G#  B   C#  E#  G#  B   C#  E#  G#  B
BLOW SLIDE OUT C   E   G   Bb  C   E   G   Bb  C   E   G   Bb
HOLE NUMBER    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12
DRAW SLIDE IN  D#  F#  A   B#  D#  F#  A   B#  D#  F#  A   B#
DRAW SLIDE OUT D   F   A   B   D   F   A   B   D   F   A   B

The advantage of this is that you get a full Cdim chord in the DRAW SLIDE
IN which includes an Am diad.  Also, this makes holes 2, 3, and 4 have the
same chromatic pattern--blow slide out, blow slide in, then draw slide in.

This gives a lot of nice rootless dominant 7th chords that standard Solo
tuning doesnʻt have:  C7, Db7, D7, F7, G7, Ab7, B7

Did I just invent a new tuning or is this just a modified Bebop tuning?  😁

Thanks for reading this far,
- jeremy