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> From: THOMPSON, BILL <bthompson@... <bthompson%40asla.org>>
> To: bluegrassharp@yahoogroups.com <bluegrassharp%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 9:35 am
> Subject: [BluegrassHarp] playing rhythm harp
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> I find that you can make a loud "chop" on the draw chord that sounds
> very much like a mandolin chop. The blow chord not so much...sounds kind
> of wimpy. I sometimes play harmonica chops for a verse or so... of
> course I'm just chopping on the I chord so it could get monotonous if
> you did it too long. Playing chops on multiple harps is a possibility.
>
> Bill in DC
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yep, I have been doing that for years.. holding 2 or 3 harps,, so I can do
3 or more draw chords'

I do it in bluegrass of course,, but also in Reggae,,

I use the 2 3 4 draw for a major chord,, the 2 3 4 5 for a 7th and the 456
for a minor..
sometimes I use a minor tuned harp

or a country tuned harp ,
on a country tuned harp , or a Melody Maker, you can use the 2 3 4 for the I
chord and the 4 5 6 for a true V chord
or use the 4 5 6 for a I chord and the 2 3 4 for the IV chord.. depending on
the key of the harp vs the key of the song

it is remarkable that the mandolin chop in bluegrass from an Appalachian
Mountain culture , primarily an indigenous local origin music primarily
played by a European origin race is nearly identical to the "skank" guitar
rhythm of Reggae, a sea island indigenous local origin music primarily
played by members of an African origin race

yet another proof that mankind in general has more essence in common than in
difference.


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