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Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 00:41:48 -0400
From: "glen~lbany.net"
Subject: Re: 3rd position

> >Aren't you just using the C# harp in 3rd position?
>
> No. You're using a C chromatic in 10th. See above.
>
> >I think of it as being like using a capo on the
> >guitar, myself.
>
> Ever see a guitarist slide the capo up and down the
> neck at will while he's playing the instrument?
> The slide can do that, making it much more versatile
> than a capo.
>
> I understand your point, that it's an easy way to
> think of playing Eb - the same as D if you just lock
> the slide in. But to label it as 3rd position is both
> incorrect and restrictive - it closes off the idea
> that you can put the slide into play if you want to.
>
> Instead of calling it 3rd-position-kinda-sorta-y'see-
> there's-this-one-difference, why not instead say that
> it is 10th position, but that the easiest way to
> approach it for blues playing is to hold in the slide
> and play in the same manner as third position. This
> approach can be augmented, however, by putting the
> slide into play, as done by some players (cite
> examples).
>
> Winslow
>
Winslow-

I was asking questions rather than making an assertion here, because I never
played blues on a chro until I was forced to retranscribe a few solos that
the original co-author of Masters of Blues Harp had totally screwed up (and
even then it took huge amounts of help from St. Dennis Gruenling at first to
get them right). So if it's more properly termed 10th postion, fine. Thanks
for clearing this up.

- -Glenn Weiser
http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/bluesmain.htm