Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

I would like to build a chromatic harmonica out of a seydel sample (12 holes switch harp). With it, it will be possible to play most major and minor chords (+major 7th and minor 7th), but there will be no diminished nor dominant 7th chords. Here's my layout: |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10|11|12| |d ...

Here's another video showing that kind of tuning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8huE7ev ... e=youtu.be

Thank you, I will listen to that song.

Here's a demo of what it can do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el9qXF3BLgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbfKPaLBlOE

After doing some tests with two diatonic harmonicas (to simulate the slide harmonica), I did some final changes to my initial layout and I placed my order at Seydel. I'm looking forward to play with it. I'll post some videos once I receive it.

Thank you for the feedback. As for tuning harps, I have never tuned a slide harp yet. I will get a custom harp from Seydel instead. I'm very confident when tuning diatonic harps, but I really don't wanna break an expensive slide harp.

*edit: I've got the custom harp from Seydel. Yay! Here are the videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el9qXF3BLgQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbfKPaLBlOE I would like to customize a harp from a "Seydel Sampler" harp (thanks to Triona for the suggestion). It could give results similar ...

Alright, yes, it makes sense, the G# is Ab

Very interesting, however it seems that people at Suzuki are selling some other kind of tuning. Their C natural minor tuning has both G and G# on the same harp. It could be some kind of Dorian+Aeolian equivalent of Lydian+Ionian "Country Tuning".

Nice layout Trinoa. I would like to get a chromatic harmonica with some custom tuning some day.

EdwinW:
For Dorian tuning, I used a natural minor Lee Oskar and I lowered the pitch of the 2nd draw (-2 semitones).
Here's what it can do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i6Iu_xqscg