Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

I posted some interesting recently discovered Diminished harp info, including a wonderful Dimi player and his quirky Phrase Maps, on this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=775&p=3382#p3382

Today I discovered a very good exponent of Diminished Tuning on diatonic: Alfred Hirsch. He has a couple of videos on YouTube, here's one: TAKE FIVE https://youtu.be/IAeYandwJqc I did more searching on Alfred, and found this very interesting and helpful page on the Seydel website: https://www.seydel...

Thanks Edvin! I saved your flipped version of the Dimi Hijaz Phrase Maps (attached). Great your new tool allows players to select which version they like. Blow note at the bottom feels more logical in musical terms to me, so that's what I'll choose. Though I haven't used them in the past, I'm findin...

Edvin: Nice, thanks! Phrase Maps are such great little helpers, especially with a symmetrical repeat tuning like Diminished. The same shape can be moved around anywhere! The only thing I would do differently to put the blow note on the bottom. Since these are graphic representations of pitch, it see...

Thanks Gerhard - hope you like it!

Gerhard, and anyone else interested: the Lucky 13 in Diminished Tuning is now released: https://brendan-power.com/lucky13.php#lucky13Dim I was testing it out in Hijaz scale today. As with any other scale, there are only three patterns required to play Hijaz in all 12 keys! I'll lay them out here sho...

Finally it's here! Thanks for your patience, friends Here's the demo video:
https://youtu.be/8kWVD8xmsac

Lucky 13 in Diminished Tuning: Info and Ordering
https://brendan-power.com/lucky13.php#lucky13Dim

MALARZ: because I was curious, I laid out your tuning in a clear format. Edvin has sent you instructions on how to do it but, if you didn't see his message, they are below. MALARZ HIJAZ TUNING BLOW G Bb Eb G Bb D G Bb D G Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DRAW A D F# A C Eb F# A C Eb Interesting... For play...

EDVIN: I thought Gerhard's tuning looked a little familiar: just one note different from your 'Sharp Sister'! But it's those tiny variations that can make a big difference, especially for giving fluency in certain styles. In this case, it's a critical one for playing the Hijaz scale starting on D. G...

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