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Interview/lesson from SPAH 2012 (with Hal Walker)
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scojo
359 posts
Oct 31, 2012
6:58 PM
This is a little interview-slash-lesson that I did at SPAH 2012 in Dallas, interviewed by my friend (and a great musician) Hal Walker.



Here's the web page with a lot of extra info from Hal:



http://www.harmonica.com/scott-albert-johnson-5009.html



...and here's just the video:



JInx
324 posts
Nov 01, 2012
9:40 AM
That was very enjoyable. Thanks!
I'd like to hear more about Scarborough Fair in 5th position.
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scojo
360 posts
Nov 01, 2012
11:45 AM
I really misspoke, I think. Although you can certainly play Scarborough Fair in 5th, it takes some bending to do so. I actually think it lays out better in 3rd position. Sorry about that... the camera lights must have fried my brain at that exact moment. :)
JInx
325 posts
Nov 01, 2012
1:51 PM
oh ok, yeah i was gonna say....that 5th position gets a little unruly over the scarborough chords. I couldn't find a way to deal with the b6 and b2 notes. But I did find that if switched from the song form to a vamp on the tonic chord, the 5th position harp sounded cool....kind of eerie or haunting. Then back to the song form in 3rd. Fun.
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Sun, sun, sun
Burn, burn, burn
Soon, soon, soon
Moon, moon, moon
JInx
326 posts
Nov 01, 2012
1:51 PM
oh ok, yeah i was gonna say....that 5th position gets a little unruly over the scarborough chords. I couldn't find a way to deal with the b6 and b2 notes. But I did find that if switched from the song form to a vamp on the tonic chord, the 5th position harp sounded cool....kind of eerie or haunting. Then back to the song form in 3rd. Fun.
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Sun, sun, sun
Burn, burn, burn
Soon, soon, soon
Moon, moon, moon


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