Ugly Bones Ryan
98 posts
Jul 08, 2014
2:18 PM
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I've been getting much better control with the 3 draw and since then have been wondering what tunes, excercises, etc I should do to better fit that into my playing now that I'm broadening into much Jazzier stuff.
Thanks Guy,
Reedhound Ryan
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Pistolcat
659 posts
Jul 08, 2014
2:42 PM
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Autumn leaves is nice in fourth... The river... Anything minor....? I have it easier playing in third and overblowing 6 than using the three whole tone bend as root note. It could be all in my head but I think not. :?
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Last Edited by Pistolcat on Jul 08, 2014 2:46 PM
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STME58
973 posts
Jul 08, 2014
2:44 PM
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Try Gershwin's "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess in both 3rd and 4th.
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Ugly Bones Ryan
99 posts
Jul 08, 2014
2:45 PM
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Thanks @STME58
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STME58
974 posts
Jul 08, 2014
3:03 PM
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Pistolcat, Autumn leaves keep coming up for me. A guitar player in the park reintroduced me to it, then my trombone instructor gave it to me for an exercise. I hadn't tried it on the harp as it seemed a bit chromatic.
I'll give it a try in 4th.
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Tuckster
1440 posts
Jul 08, 2014
9:09 PM
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Another good one is "Moondance". A minor on a C harp sounds like the right key.
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STME58
976 posts
Jul 08, 2014
9:56 PM
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Steven Sondhiem's "Send in the Clowns" is a good one to practice 3 draw bends on. In 12th position it starts on a 3 draw bend. Use a Bb harp to play this Eb tune. All of the A's in the next octave up are raised to A natural(where is the natural sign on this keyboard?)so this works well on a Bb harp.
This song, along with Harold Arlen's "If I Only Had a Brain" Are great to know so you can make a musical quip if someone does something silly.
Last Edited by STME58 on Jul 08, 2014 9:56 PM
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Pistolcat
660 posts
Jul 08, 2014
11:51 PM
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Ah, yes it's a bit chromatic. I thought you wanted "jazzier". I usually play in it in third... With the six OB... :)
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STME58
978 posts
Jul 08, 2014
11:57 PM
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It is tough to get "jazzy" without getting chromatic. Sometimes you can find pieces like the one I mentioned above where all the chromaticism can be achieved with standard bends.
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Ugly Bones Ryan
100 posts
Jul 10, 2014
1:48 PM
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I only want to learn more 4th position stuff to adapt to chord changes, I figure playing full songs will better that. Just think of it this way, if you have a song in G mixo and there is an A minor seven chord don't you wannt be able top lay in the mode of the chord?
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gad wagon
61 posts
Jul 10, 2014
2:16 PM
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Konstantin Reinfeld played a cool song in 4th titled "Don't Give Away." I saw him live in Germany at the Hohner Harmonica Festival in Nov 2013. He's Got some talent.
Here is a live (thought I prefer the studio)>
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-- "The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts" -- C.S. Lewis
http://www.youtube.com/user/gadwagon/videos
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