Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

As others have said here, the Lucky 13 PowerChromatic in G can easily be played in D. In fact, that's my favourite position. It is similar to the low octave cross harp on a Richter diatonic in that your tonic, third and fifth are all bendable draw notes. But the good news is this pattern repeats in ...

Glad you like it Triona. Tijn is using a standard G chromatic harmonica. It gives you draw Am and blow G chords, which are perfect for the reel. I'm playing a G Slide-Diatonic in Paddy-Solo tuning. Solo tuned G scale starts on hole 5 (as with a normal chrom), but the lower octave needs only 3 holes ...

I'm glad you're enjoying PowerChromatic tuning. At present, the Seydel version is the only out-of-the box chromatic available. However with reasonable skills you can make one out of any brand of chromatic.

Thanks Triona, interesting stuff

Here's the video on how to trigger MIDI sounds with your standard harmonica and mic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO3Q_rN0tcs

You can get these thin pieces of shim from the magnetic security tags used by shops to prevent theft. Open the plastic casing and you will find one inside.

Thanks David, sounding good

Here's the follow-up video, about how to connect your harp mic or existing pedalboard to the iPad:

https://youtu.be/YKOmkzTwjAM

This is an interesting new area which can apply to any type of solo harmonica, chromatic or diatonic, in any tuning, so I think this is the more suitable board to discuss it. Over the past couple of months I've been spending a lot of time exploring various pitch-to-Midi solutions. This is basically ...

Things are changing rapidly by the day here in the UK, as with everywhere in the world. All the China-based harps will continue to be posted out, but with the UK in lockdown from today, we're uncertain how this will affect posting the home-based products. For now things continue as they are, but if ...