[Harp-L] Modified Bebop Tuning

[Clarke Comollo]

I play a lot of swing, jazz and bebop all on a richter diatonic

> On Feb 5, 2024, at 12:24 AM, Jeremy Uejio <jazzju at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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