Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Thanks for those ideas Edvin! Would it be OK to post them on the ModReed webpage for Richter players to try out with their reed sets?

Pat Missin, one of the Beta Testers for the Modular-Reed Harmonica, has written an excellent, informative review:

https://patmissin.com/reviews/modularreed.html

I've released two new videos on the Modular-Reed Harmonica:

MAKE YOUR OWN MINI CHORD HARMONICA
https://youtu.be/Tj3KSUyUyX8

EXTREME REED SHIFTING
https://youtu.be/W5lAjzSi9Aw

Long in the making, it's finally here! https://youtu.be/3pauVwDmayY (More Info and Ordering Link in the Description under the video.) --- Thanks to our forum members who helped me by Beta Testing the Modular-Reed Harmonica back in 2019 - for your excellent feedback, and occasional enquiries about wh...

It's a worthwhile alternative approach. I can see it speeding up learning a new mode, because you can use most of the patterns you've already learned to master other ones. With the scale numbers (1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6 , 7) always in the same places physically on the harp, it could orient you easily and g...

Your concept of having the same breathing pattern for every mode is interesting. Of course, all seven modes can already be played without bends within a single tuning scale on a standard harmonica (eg. in Solo, Bebop, PowerChromatic tunings). This way, each has its own unique character because of th...

Definitely the DM48. At the moment alt tunings in the HM12 need to be sent to the factory, you can't input them yourself. The 'downside', if you perceive it as such, is that the DM48 doesn't have onboard sounds, HM12 does. My recommendation for external sounds is the iPad: many fantastic options in ...

Hi Patrick, you're certainly right that Midi Harmonicas such as the DM48 and HM12 add a lot of fascinating options for extending the capability of existing tuning scales, and offering other new possibilities as well. We should probably have a whole category in this forum just for them, because they ...

Thought-provoking as always, Edvin... The Slide-Diatonic version looks quite usable for fiddle tunes. Having the root and upper/lower fifth of the blow notes of the scale in adjacent holes is a plus - although for the draw notes they are still two holes away up and down, in most cases. When you say ...

Things get a bit weird at hole 8. Why don't you continue with the Spiral pattern?

The Slide-Diatonic is a far more interesting harmonica than it first appears, whether in Solo or Spiral tuning.