[Harp-L] Modified Bebop Tuning

[Rick Dempster]

It's a great tuning, and makes complete sense. Even if you have never
played the tuning before, but always the standard chrom tuning,
you will be able to play  a bop tuned harp with no problems. That was
my experience. The advantages are many. However, when I say 'was',
that's because I am reluctant to
play a tuning that I have to make myself. If I could buy one off the
shelf, OK. I have enough problems with maintaining and adjusting
without
further problems.
RD

On Mon, 5 Feb 2024 at 17:54, Clarke Comollo via Harp-L
<harp-l at xxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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
>