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From: t~umancode.com (Tim Moyer)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 15:44:37 -0600
Subject: Re: Melodic Minor

At 03:31 PM 2/12/98 -0600, Coolrays wrote:
>A melodic minor ascends differently than it descends.
>
>The ascending scale is a harmonica minor scale with a major sixth:
>
> C D Eb F G A B C
>
>The descending form of the melodic minor scale is the natural minor scale:
>
> C Bb Ab G F Eb D C
>

So maybe I should try retuning a Slide Harp, so that it is slide out for
ascending scales and slide in for decending scales?

This still leaves the question for our Canadian friend Richard, how are the
harps you are buying tuned? Obviously a "normal" ten hole harmonica can't
have different ascending and decending scales.



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