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From: Mike Curtis
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 03:26:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Take 5

On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, PM wrote:

>I believe that Mike Curtis said he plays it in 4th-because of the
>"chord" it gives you. Could you be more specific Mike?

I use 4th because of the GUITAR chords. Am, Em G works perfectly.

>(BTW, Howard Levy prefers third position to 4th, precisely
>because of the 6th hole bend(playing the flat-fifth). You need
>to overblow the 4th hole(in 4th position)to get the flat fifth, and
>while that's no big deal-he considers it sort of vanilla sounding).

I use the higher register for my Take 5. Also, the valved bends do make a
big difference in the bridge.



-- IronMan Mike Curtis
My CD "Doin' It All Myself" available in Tower, Blockbuster, Camelot, PX