Hohner says that the 2, 5 and 8 draws can give "semitone" bends. Does this make sense?
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- Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:02 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Hohner PentaHarp (a 1990s alternate tuning)
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- Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:57 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Hohner PentaHarp (a 1990s alternate tuning)
- Replies: 8
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Re: Hohner PentaHarp (a 1990s alternate tuning)
I changed the title of this discussion because, according to Andrew Zajac:
In Pat Missin's Altered States list of altered tunings, this tuning is 11.15, "Blues Scale Tuning" which has been known since the 90s.
- Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:22 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Hohner PentaHarp (a 1990s alternate tuning)
- Replies: 8
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Re: Hohner PentaHarp (a 1990s alternate tuning)
To get those lovely I and IV chords back:
3 blow +2; 1 draw +1; 2 draw +1; 3 draw +2
For i and iv chords:
3 blow +1; 2 draw +1; 3 draw +2
3 blow +2; 1 draw +1; 2 draw +1; 3 draw +2
For i and iv chords:
3 blow +1; 2 draw +1; 3 draw +2
- Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:08 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Hohner PentaHarp (a 1990s alternate tuning)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 50252
- Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:46 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Diagrams of well-known tunings
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The Natural Minor variant of Richter
Expressed in the second position below.
- Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:21 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Request help with terminology
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Request help with terminology
Consider the following: Case 1: Blow: D F A C Draw: C E G B Case 2: Blow: B D F A Draw: C E G B I think I have been using the term "inverted" for both of these kinds of tunings. Case 1 could be considered "inverted" because each blow is higher than its respective draw . Case 2 could be considered "i...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 9:41 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Re-tuning a Richter Lucky 13 to Major/Minor
- Replies: 1
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Re: Re-tuning a Richter Lucky 13 to Major/Minor
In this YouTube video https://youtu.be/3OSuXNV5_pM Paul Gillings ably demonstrates the possibilities of a Lee Oskar tuning called " Seventh Son ". In that tuning, the 1 blow is lowered by two semitones while the 1 draw is raised by three semitones. These changes provide dominant sevenths for (in sec...
- Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:55 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Spiral-DLT tuning (a working title)
- Replies: 15
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Re: Spiral-DLT tuning (a working title)
Update: I have re-tuned a G natural minor Baby Fat as per the post of Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:15 am (above). Note that Kongsheng labels minor harps by first position, whereas some other brands label their minor harps by second position. Buyer beware. The re-tuned 7-holer works as expected and is fun to p...
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:52 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Structural evolution of some noteworthy tunings
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Structural evolution of some noteworthy tunings
For your edification (and mine) .... Here are some noteworthy tunings which can be viewed from a STRUCTURAL (not historical) standpoint as transitioning/evolving from one to the next. There are no better-versus-worse implications here. Each has its place in the hands of the right musicians. Or, as m...
- Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:52 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Re-tuning from PowerChromatic to "inverted" Natural Minor
- Replies: 1
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Re: Re-tuning from PowerChromatic to "inverted" Natural Minor
Here is a better version of the re-tuning shown above. This one gives us all three of the lovely notes below the tonic -- the ones necessary for "Ain't No Sunshine". A concern here is that making the two lowest notes even lower could lead to rattling reeds. For those notes I suggest using a nondestr...