http://www.harpsurgery.com/1st-position-blues-harp-an-introduction-part-1/ the harmonica player's web site - tuition, reviews and interviews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:44:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.harpsurgery.com/1st-position-blues-harp-an-introduction-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-8830 Tony Westlake Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:04:21 +0000 http://www.harpsurgery.com/?p=4013#comment-8830 I always think of 1st position when playing in cross harp because we usually play 1st position licks over the IV chord so for a player to say he or she doesn't play in first position isn't entirely true. They just need to expand their IV chord licks and slip in cross licks on the V like you said. Thanks for a great article Tony I always think of 1st position when playing in cross harp because we usually play 1st position licks over the IV chord so for a player to say he or she doesn’t play in first position isn’t entirely true. They just need to expand their IV chord licks and slip in cross licks on the V like you said.
Thanks for a great article
Tony

]]> http://www.harpsurgery.com/1st-position-blues-harp-an-introduction-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-7909 Gareth (not the) Edwards Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:50:14 +0000 http://www.harpsurgery.com/?p=4013#comment-7909 "And the last shall be first.......". A position I have yet to explore (bar Camptown Races and Good King Wenceslas) I must investigate further. Those old 20s players like Jazz Gillum were very fond of it - infact I believe Jazz was primarily a first position player? “And the last shall be first…….”. A position I have yet to explore (bar Camptown Races and Good King Wenceslas) I must investigate further. Those old 20s players like Jazz Gillum were very fond of it – infact I believe Jazz was primarily a first position player?

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