From: Randy Goodhew Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 16:51:04 -0400 Subject: 11th Position on Natural Minor
Hi Y'all Listers.
I've been experimenting with playing Major Scales on Natural Minor tuned diatonics. That is essentially 11th Position, wrt/ Wheel of Fifths theory. Where the 11th Position is the relative major of the 2nd Position natural minor.
Here is a special tuning that I derived from the Lee Oskar Natural Minor. The 3 blow reed has been raised a full step. This produces a 7th when I am using the 3 draw as a tonic for a major scale.
"Kentucky Major" tuning, key of CMaj Based on Lee Oskar Natural Am: ============================ D F _B_ D F A D F A D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 E A C E G B C E G B
This tuning retains most of the chord flavor of the natural minor tuning. Note that the 2 Draw can be easily bent upto 3 half steps (in the above example: Ab, G, F#). Compared to the standard Richter tuning, most of the blow and draw notes are inverted. This allows draw bending on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th scale degrees for a different set of playing dynamics.
I call this tuning the "Kentucky Major" because I first altered the 3 draw note so that I could resolve the melody for "My Old Kentucky Home." This tuning also seems to work well with many Celtic and Appalachian tunes, as well as some blues standards.
BTW, this alt tuning exists in Pat Missin's collection as 2.1a.
