DATE: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:04:31 CST From: WY~egacy.Calvin.EDU Subject: Undeliverable Mail
Hi, I'm Steve Wykstra; I teach philosophy and blow harp; and I've been trying to get on this nifty network for a couple days. Never used bitnet before, and its like trying to bend for the first time. Just in case it works this time: I'd like to hear thoughts on 4th position--what you think it works best for. I mean 4th position as TRADITIONALLY called (as my aged harp mentor assures me): using the 2 blow as tonic. I know Musselwhite and everyone since calls this 5th position, and calls "4th position" where you use 6 draw (or a double-bent 3 draw) as tonic; the new fangled labling is more logical, but heck, tradition is tradition. (unless i've got tradition wrong here.) Anyway, I like 4th for jazzed up minor key things like "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlexxxpersons," and I wonder who uses it for what, or if anyone cares. I hope this gets through to the outside world.
