pistolero
28 posts
Jan 26, 2011
3:10 PM
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I might be just a little bit drunk.... but how can there be 12 or more "positions" to play from on an instrument with only 10 holes???
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Last Edited by on Jan 26, 2011 3:13 PM
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MrVerylongusername
1532 posts
Jan 26, 2011
3:18 PM
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12 notes in the chromatic scale.
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GermanHarpist
1950 posts
Jan 26, 2011
3:59 PM
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...and each one of these notes can be used to start your scales on. The starting note (tonic) defines the position.
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pistolero
29 posts
Jan 26, 2011
4:31 PM
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So there! Thanks.
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AirMojo
88 posts
Jan 26, 2011
5:08 PM
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If you drink enuff and hold the harp upside down, you can find at least 13 positions and more if there's women available...
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nacoran
3731 posts
Jan 26, 2011
8:20 PM
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I've been asked that question a few times by people who were afraid they'd gotten the wrong kind of harp.
The next question is, if each hole has a blow and a draw note, why aren't there 20?
(Because some of them are the same note, either in the same or different octave.) :)
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MrVerylongusername
1534 posts
Jan 27, 2011
2:00 AM
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My favourite so far was from my 6 year old son (who is learning to play).
"Daddy, How are you supposed to read those numbers when the harmonica is in your mouth?"
Couldn't answer that one!
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Andy Ley
70 posts
Jan 27, 2011
2:03 AM
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I've just (in the last 24 hours) grasped and started to understand the theory behind chord tones, and how to build scales from them.
Absolutely everything I read at the moment about scales, positions, chords, progression, modes etc. etc. etc. is setting off fireworks in my head.
As an unfortunate side-effect of this I'm finding it very hard to concentrafjnld;fjkn;oeirjooifvr/nlggvn vdlfhgnh lefbnl
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Hondo
126 posts
Jan 27, 2011
7:16 AM
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I wish that I was at that point Andy.
Would anyone like to explain chord tones. I'm sure that you aren't just talking about playing a chord (3 holes).
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Andy Ley
71 posts
Jan 27, 2011
9:11 AM
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OK Hondo: what I believe I have garnered so far; and if I am wrong someone on here who knows more can correct me :)
Chords are made up of notes, for example the chord of C is made up of the notes C, E & G. Those 3 notes are the chord tones of C.
For a harmonica player that means if you play any of the blow holes on a C harmonica over a C chord then you are playing one of the chord tones.
The chord of C7 is made up from C,E,G and B. So you could play any of the blow notes, as above, + you could play draw 3, draw 7, or 10 blow bent and be playing a chord tone.
It's a really simple concept, but every book & website I read got so bogged down in theory that I never grasped it until yesterday.
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Andy Ley
72 posts
Jan 27, 2011
9:19 AM
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I wouldn't recommend it; Hohners have sharp corners. I tried it with my Sp20 and couldn't sit down for a week!
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Silvertone
84 posts
Jan 27, 2011
9:44 AM
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Check out the Diatonic Harmonica Reference
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/myquill/
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Andy Ley
73 posts
Jan 27, 2011
10:57 AM
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Cheers Silvertone. That's another one to add to my 'Harmonica Stuff' bookmark!
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