Frank
4204 posts
May 04, 2014
1:04 PM
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giant harmonica tribute at end of song :)
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mr_so&so
819 posts
May 04, 2014
4:46 PM
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I have yet to listen to this. But want to comment that I worked out the melody of this song. It can be played in 6th position (root is 3b), start on 1-4d. The song's melody is Locrian mode (minus the 5th of the scale). Neil plays this with and without harp. The harp part I heard Neil play on another YT video is a counter-melody in first position.
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Last Edited by mr_so&so on May 05, 2014 9:57 AM
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WinslowYerxa
577 posts
May 04, 2014
10:51 PM
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If it's missing the 5th degree of the scale, how can you tell that the song is in Locrian mode? The 5th degree is the note that distinguishes Locrian from Phrygian.
If it's in 6th, the mode is determined by the notes actually played, not by the default mode of the position.
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Last Edited by WinslowYerxa on May 04, 2014 10:51 PM
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walterharp
1370 posts
May 05, 2014
8:50 AM
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bet he can't play it down on his knees anymore..
what a nice song....thanks
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mr_so&so
820 posts
May 05, 2014
9:50 AM
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@Winslow, thanks, I won't fight about what scale the melody uses. I was really just wanting to point out that it lays out nicely in 6th position, which I found to be unusual and interesting (to me).
@Frank, nice find. Great song.
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Last Edited by mr_so&so on May 05, 2014 9:58 AM
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WinslowYerxa
578 posts
May 05, 2014
1:06 PM
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It's true that you can use 6th position nicely if the fifth degree isn't an issue (either because it's absent or the flatted fifth works in the tune, or because you can overblow or otherwise alter the scale to create a perfect fifth). Jon Gindick teaches 6th as a viable blues position.
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