Re: [Harp-L] Inverted notes on major scale at hole 7

["Rodrigo G. Reis" <rodrigogreis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you all for your precise explanations, gents!

Cheers!

Rodrigo G. Reis


On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 6:54 PM, The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I believe that the chording may have been a factor. The harmonica was built
> to be a "people's instrument" and to play the popular tunes of the day. In
> Germany, these tunes were based on the I chord and the V chord. Harmonica
> was structured to have the melody played by 1 person while the second person
> supplies the chords, or for one person (w/tb) to play the melody and the
> chords.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Rodrigo G. Reis <rodrigogreis@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wed, Apr 6, 2011 11:08 am
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Inverted notes on major scale at hole 7
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> This tuning is not the only one--but it is popular.
> Solo tuning is the arrangement of tones from holes 4 to 7, and this is the
> tuning of the chromatic harmonica--that's why there are usually two C notes
> next to each other. I say usually because I change that--I retune what
> would
> have been hole 7 on a diatonic to | Bb b | so there is no breath shift.
> This
> is called bebop tuning.
> I retune harmonicas routinely, but still retain the breath shift on some
> tunings--guess I am just used to it by now.
> However, there are tunings that do not have a shift--circular is one--if
> you
> start a C harmonica on blow G, it would alternate notes, so the next G
> would
> be a draw note on hole 4, and the G above that would be blow 8. The C notes
> would be on draw 2, blow 6 and draw 9.
> I like the IV6/V6 tuning, which Brendan Power claims credit for. A C
> harmonica would start on F--and the chords would be F6 and G6. No breath
> shift.
> I have a tuning that is circular on the bottom, and the breath shift
> happens
> at hole 8.
> As Brendan himself told me, there are lots of possibillities.
> G
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Rodrigo G. Reis <rodrigogreis@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > Just another day, a guitarrist friend of mine who just got him self a
> > harmonica, asked me why on the major scale the sequence of blow-draw is
> > inverted to draw-blow at hole 7 and it goes inverted until the end (hole
> > 10). I didn't have any musical based answer to it.
> >
> > Do you guys have something on it?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Rodrigo G. Reis
> >
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