The7thDave
226 posts
Feb 25, 2011
12:54 PM
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I put this table together on Michael Rubin's suggestion. It summarizes how the different positions relate to each other via the chords played within each. For example, playing the V chord in 2nd position is essentially the same as playing the I chord in 3rd position.
This table is included in the latest version of my interval layout charts linked from my user page.
Comments & criticisms welcome.
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--Dave
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jodanchudan
278 posts
Feb 25, 2011
1:35 PM
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Thanks for posting this - you've saved me a lot of mental torment!
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harpdude61
751 posts
Feb 26, 2011
4:11 AM
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Great chart!..especially when venturing outside the standard blues structue.
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Michael Rubin
95 posts
Feb 26, 2011
6:01 AM
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I'm glad I suggested it because I've never seen anything like it! Great job.
Michael Rubin
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Michael Rubin
96 posts
Feb 26, 2011
6:01 AM
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I'm glad I suggested it because I've never seen anything like it! Great job.
Michael Rubin
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Jim Rumbaugh
423 posts
Feb 26, 2011
6:06 AM
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OK
That answered a question I was working on.
Q.? where is the chord for the 2nd scale position in cross harp?
A. 6-10 draw (I can't make a chord with 3draw bend)
Now I gotta find if there's a practical way to use it.
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intermediate level (+) player per the Adam Gussow Scale, Started playing 2001
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GamblersHand
258 posts
Feb 26, 2011
8:35 AM
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Really useful chart. You could also add in the VIIb chord, which would be 11th position in Strsight Harp
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MP
1453 posts
Feb 26, 2011
2:38 PM
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it was a good suggestion. in fact, so good that mike had to say it twice:)
i'm gonna print this.
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MP
doctor of semiotics and reed replacement.
"making the world a better place, one harmonica at a time"
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Miles Dewar
741 posts
Feb 27, 2011
12:26 PM
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Very Nice.
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RyanMortos
1033 posts
Feb 27, 2011
5:38 PM
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Nice table but I'm curious how would you utilize this to become a better player? Or is the intention to make different positions seem less intimidating by showing that a lot of the same stuff crosses over? Maybe I just need to pull out a harmonica & think about it a bit more, heh.
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~Ryan
"I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window." - Stephen Wright
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
Contact:
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The7thDave
233 posts
Mar 29, 2011
10:22 AM
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I finally got around to adding the VIIb chord, per GamblersHand's suggestion. Hopefully, I got it right.
Ryan, it really just documents what I think is an interesting phenomenon, but I think it does accomplish what you say about making the positions less intimidating by showing how they're related to playing the changes.
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--Dave
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bluemoose
498 posts
Mar 29, 2011
12:06 PM
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And it should be a useful thinking/focusing point for finding your way through chord changes if you tend to get lost trying to count bars/beats.
(But thank god this wasn't some sorry ass tale about how some guy's girl left him when he lost his job! :)
moose
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