RE: [Harp-L] Got First Overdraw, Now What?

[Eric DUMINIL <eric.duminil@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can choose an easy tune or a scale you perfectly know, and as The
Ice man already told you, try to play it in 12 positions.

Here is an example for the blues scale:

in C:
4> 4># 5 5># 6> 6># 7>
with a diatonic in C (Straight harp)

in Db:
4' 5> 5># 6> 6' 7 7#
with a diatonic in C (8th pos.)

in D:
8 9 9> 9# 10 10> 10##
with a diatonic in C (Double Crossed)

in Eb:
4># 5># 6' 6 6># 7# 8>'
with a diatonic in C (10th pos.)

in E:
5> 6> 6 6># 7 8 8> 5>
with a diatonic in C (5th pos.)

in F:
5 6' 6># 7 7> 8>' 9 5
with a diatonic in C (12th pos.)

in Gb:
5># 6 7 7> 7# 8> 9>' 5>#
with a diatonic in C (7th pos.)

in G:
6> 6># 7> 7# 8 9 9> 6>
with a diatonic in C (Cross Harp)

in Ab:
6' 7 7# 8 8>' 9>' 9# 6'
with a diatonic in C (9th pos.)

in A:
3'' 4> 4 4># 5> 6> 6 3''
with a diatonic in C (4th pos.)

in Bb:
6># 7# 8>' 8> 9 9# 10>'' 6>#
with a diatonic in C (11th pos.)

in B:
3 4 5> 5 5># 6 7 3
with a diatonic in C (6th pos.)

(Tab notation used comes from:
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/myquill/
/Tab action notation
)

you can also try  "Dream a little dream of me" in 9th position:
6' 6> 6' 6> 5 6' 6>    6' 6> 6' 6> 5 6 7> 6 5># 5    6># 6' 6># 6' 5
6># 6' 5> 6'    4># 5 6' 6># 7 7 6>#
 6' 6> 6' 6> 5 6' 6>    6' 6> 6' 6> 5 6 7> 6 5># 5    6># 6' 6># 6' 5
6># 6' 5> 6'    4># 5 6' 6># 7 6 6'
 8 9 7# 7> 6># 7> 4 5> 9 8 9 8 7>    9 8 9 7# 7> 6># 7> 4 5>    9 7> 6    8>
with a diatonic in E (9th pos.)

it contains, as you can see, 4,5,6 overblows and 7 overdraw.

(here is the music sheet:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/partitions/college_accord/dream%20a%20little%20dream%20of%20me_accord.pdf
)

If you want to transpose other tabs in order to practice your
overblows and overdraws, please feel free to use :
http://www.grotch.tk/

you'll just need to add overblows and overdraws by using "configure
difficulty" button (bottom right) and lowering the  corresponding
difficulty.

Have fun,
keep on working,
and
best regards from Berlin,
Eric