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From: conru~mich.edu
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:22:05 -0400
Subject: Re: Take 5

On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, RealMoody wrote:

> What do you find is a good key diatonic harp and what concert key

On Tue, 13 Jan 1998 Barry B. Bean wrote:

>The original is in Eb (alto players LOVE Eb)

That's right. It was written by Paul Desmond who played alto sax with the
Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Paul Messinger writes:

>I play Take 5 in dorian (third position-or the third
>mode of the circle of 5ths if we want to see it that
>way-either way is fine with me). The bends aren't
>that bad Barry, you should try it.
>The thing is, you have to over-blow the sixth hole,
>and overdraw the 7th hole on the bridge-but it really
>isn't that daunting if you've worked on those
>embouchures some.

I play it on a in the original key of Eb on a C# harp (3rd Pos.) because I
can play the whole thing including the bridge in that position WITHOUT
having to use overblows.

You can find it on my CD: Madcat & Kane, Key to the Highway, on the
Schoolkids' Records label.


Madcat
Ann Arbor, MI, USA