Baker
16 posts
Jan 06, 2009
9:35 AM
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Hi All,
I am interested in learning about the holes above the 6 blow. I have started practicing 3rd position stuff and have found some good information about 3rd position in Adams YT lessons and on tenhole.com. However I have not managed to find much on 2nd position playing above the 6 blow.
I understand that the 9 blow is the tonic, I think the 7 blow is the subdominant (1 octave up from the 4 blow), the 9 draw is the dominant (1 octave up form the 4 draw) and the 8 draw is the note in between (1 octave up from the 4 draw bent). - Please correct me if I am wrong :)
Is it posable to play the whole blues scale in 2nd position, above the 6 hole?
Does it require blow bends or overblows?
Thank you in advance for any light you all might be able to shed on the subject.
Baker.
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gene
100 posts
Jan 06, 2009
9:54 AM
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6 -6 -7 -8 8 9
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mr_so&so
20 posts
Jan 06, 2009
10:21 AM
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Second position, second octave blues scale is
6+ 6ob 7+ 7od 8 9 9+ (where + is blow)
which requires one overblow (6ob) and one overdraw (7od). Above the second octave, the blues scale continues for an incomplete third octave
9+ 10''+ 10 10od
where the third "blue third" is 10''+ (hard blow bend).
In third position the second octave of the blues scale is 4 5 6+ 6' 6 7+ 8
which is much easier.
Above that, the third incomplete octave of the blues scale is 8 9 9+ 9od 10 10+
which is again much easier if you ignore the overdraw.
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oldwailer
423 posts
Jan 06, 2009
11:25 AM
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Adam's lesson # 30 on YT covers some upper end playing. . .
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Preston
81 posts
Jan 06, 2009
2:31 PM
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Hey Baker,
It looks like Mr. So&So has you and Gene headed in the right direction as far as the blues scale above 6 hole blow. Don't be afraid to invest a little of your time into the theory of how scales are built. Put that info together with learning where your notes are on the harp and you can find any scale, in any position, on any end of the harp. Good luck!
P
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