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by IaNerd
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj
Replies: 7
Views: 250

Re: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj

I want to point out that all of the above discussions omit the possibilities of overblows. I invite your thoughts on that but I am not an overblower and never will be. To each his own.
by IaNerd
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:09 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj
Replies: 7
Views: 250

Re: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj

Four posts above this one, I considered the possibilities of minor blues scales (with b3, b5 and b7). Here is the rundown for major blues scales (with b3 only). 1st position: yes, starting at 1 blow 2nd position: yes, starting at 4 draw, but with two tricky draw-bends 3rd position: yes, starting at ...
by IaNerd
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:13 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj
Replies: 7
Views: 250

Re: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj

Good eye, Edvin! I will add 6th position to the list above. Cheers!
by IaNerd
Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:52 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj
Replies: 7
Views: 250

Re: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj

As I continue to consider the tuning two posts above, the possibilities of minor blues scales (with b3, b5 and b7) is an afterthought, but an interesting and important one. Here is the rundown: 1st position: yes with three draw-bends, the third being a whole tone 2nd position: no 3rd position: yes i...
by IaNerd
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:12 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj
Replies: 7
Views: 250

Re: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj

This would be the group of harps and how they can be played:
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by IaNerd
Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj
Replies: 7
Views: 250

Spiral, then Dmin/Cmaj

Lately I have been considering the possibilities of circular/spiral/helical tuning with respect to bluegrass and American folk music. I am not the first to do so; this pairing has been explored extensively by others. Since I was recently invited to sit in on a monthly circle, I started planning a Se...
by IaNerd
Tue Aug 22, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: An alternative approach to starting new harp players
Replies: 4
Views: 66602

An alternative approach to starting new harp players

When I got interested in harmonica in 1972—at the age of 7—my parents drove me to a music store 60 miles away and I purchased an Old Standby in the key of C and a book for harmonica beginners. I was fortunate then to know an accomplished guitarist with whom I could play duets. I imagine that many pe...
by IaNerd
Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:37 am
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Chromatic with Offset Tonics (COT) as applied to PowerChromatic
Replies: 6
Views: 43270

Re: Chromatic with Offset Tonics (COT) as applied to PowerChromatic

I see now, Brendan. When you said "Minor" in your post above, you did not mean natural minor; rather, you were referring to Dorian, which is also minor.
by IaNerd
Wed Mar 15, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
Topic: Chromatic for Irish-- there can be only one! (For me at least)
Replies: 8
Views: 44786

Re: Chromatic for Irish-- there can be only one! (For me at least)

If we take the D Major Inverse Bebop re-tuning of the post just above ... “C”__E__G __B (The additional "Bebop" note is in quotes.) _D__F#_A __C# and give it a slide-in layer that is Slide-Up Slide Diatonic ... “D”_F#_A__C# (The additional "Bebop" note is in quotes.) _E__G__B__D then this new layer ...