[Harp-L] Re: Altered diatonic tunings

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 28, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Clayton Gary Lehmann wrote:

> Hey Joe—
>
> Just read Dave Payne's tribute to your harmonica tuning—so you’re  
> blushing, right?

Very much so.
> Wanted to share with you a similar tuning I am starting to use, if  
> for no other reason than to drop you a line--Happy Thanksgiving.

I'm going to print this. I see possibilities. I'm not usually one to  
go for altered tunings inasmuch as I have trouble dual-functioning.
> This tuning is derived from a major cross, so it has the raised 5  
> and 9 draw.
> But it also has a Bb on blow 7, like the bebop tuning I use on chrom.
> Similarly, all blow notes are lower than draw notes, and so can be  
> draw bent.
> I put a valve on the 7 blow slot so I can draw bend the B, and one  
> on the 5 draw so I can get the Eb without an overblow (but still  
> can get the Eb on hole 4 with the OB).

I have always used a valve on the 5 draw so that I can bend the blow  
note down. I know others use a lot more valves....but....they know  
what they're doing. I find that adding too many valves doesn't work  
for me. It's almost like an XB-40 and I have a tendency to OVERdo the  
bends. I like to be able to pick my bends.

Jose el sicko (who was too sick to even eat turkey)