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by jasonrogers
Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:26 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: TurboSlide (and SlipSlider?) dimi
Replies: 4
Views: 6274

Re: TurboSlide (and SlipSlider?) dimi

Hi all, I've been playing my Dimi turbo-harp for a while now. Blow-slide bends are cool. They can serve as a more stable option than the valved blow bends. I experimented with enharmonic fingerings a bit, as Brendan has outlined above. They work but haven't really become intuitive for me yet, perhap...
by jasonrogers
Sat May 01, 2021 2:47 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: TurboSlide (and SlipSlider?) dimi
Replies: 4
Views: 6274

Re: TurboSlide (and SlipSlider?) dimi

Hi Edvin, Hi Brendan! Thanks for the excellent discussion. I haven't received my dimi turboslide harp yet, so nothing concrete to report at this time. But I agree with everything you both have said, and especially about the jumps necessary for major thirds. (The dimi chrom has a similar issue when i...
by jasonrogers
Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:21 pm
Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
Topic: Power Chromatic
Replies: 76
Views: 151364

Re: Power Chromatic

Well, Brendan, between Exhalaration, Diggers and Hesitation, you certainly do make a great case for the PC. Your fast, accurate and colorful bending is certainly remarkable and the chord vamping is great too!

I think I recognize the sound of the PC from many tracks on many of your albums, correct?
by jasonrogers
Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:02 pm
Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
Topic: Power Chromatic
Replies: 76
Views: 151364

Re: Power Chromatic

Hi Nidalap, The harmonica I used was a Hohner 270 classic which I retuned from a stock A harp. Wow, a 270 - cool. So did you go to a key of A Power Chromatic, or a key of C Power Chromatic starting on A? I think the half-valved Power Chromatic tuning is an upgrade of the standard chromatic harp, it ...
by jasonrogers
Tue Mar 28, 2017 4:56 pm
Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
Topic: Power Chromatic
Replies: 76
Views: 151364

Re: Power Chromatic

HI Nidalap,

Very nice playing of the half-valved! Is it based on a CX-12?

Jason