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From: Pat Missin
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 20:33:05 GMT
Subject: Re: Take Five (was Madcat)

Colin Barnes writes:

>I am always confused when a key of a Natural minor harp is quoted as a
>result in the Lee Oskar convention of calling a Dm(1st. posn.) harp an
>Am Nat harmonic harp recently but, on earlier models, calling the
>Dm(1st. posn.) a Dm Nat. harmonic (if you see what I mean!!!).
>
>So is the harp you play "Take 5" on an Ebm (1st) or an Bbm (2nd)?

OK there seems to be a bit of confusion here. First off, forget about a
"natural harmonic minor" - a minor harp is either natural OR harmonic, not
both. When the Lee Oskar Natural minor harps came out, they were labelled
relatively the same as the standard major and the harmonic minor. For
example. a CmN covered that same pitch range as a regular C major, or C mH.
Later (especially when the Melody Maker came out) Lee decided to name them
after their cross position. Thus, a GmN and a GMM have the same range as a C
maj or CmH. As this is the current practise, this is the naming system I
have followed.

So, in answer to your question, I play "Take 5" in cross harp on an EmN harp
(which has the same pitch range as an Ab maj harp). The one overblow
required is the D in hole 5. Clear?

It's also fairly straightforward in its orignal key of Ebm on a standard
chromatic.

-- Pat.