[Harp-L] Modified Bebop Tuning

[Rick Dempster]

PS Jeremy, I was talking about the "standard" (!) bop tuning. I'd have
to actually play your adjusted one to find out
the ups and downs of it.

On Mon, 5 Feb 2024 at 18:28, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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
> >