Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Here's an idea you can test. Could a turbo-slide be used for sax like vibrato on blow notes. Sax vibrato is done by slightly dropping the jaw and returning to the normal embouchure in rapid succession. Doing this creates a very slight change in pitch. I thought that if a turbo slide were adjusted to...

Yes, many variables so it's hard to know if it was the harmonica they preferred, the player or the engineering. This is David Naditch's version of lady be good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s-WvmHeXUw An ideal survey would be someone like you playing both types of harmonicas under identical cond...

I didn't share all twelve comments on the half-valved vs fully valved. Here's all 12.

I made a small survey of non-harmonica musicians to determine which harmonica they liked the best. It's a very hard thing to measure due to different players, different tempos, different engineers, etc. Here's the bar graph and the survey comments. Many of the commenters had the same opinion as my o...

Very intriguing out of the box concept Brendan! Hope you can make it work!

David Pearce

My favorite half-valved Power Chromatic configuration has a lower G root. Had a lot of fun doing this delta spin on Brubeck's Take Five. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwJyiHc0Wvw

David Pearce

Triona, I've been playing half-valved chromatics with interactive note bending for years and have not had issues with detuning. I use Seydel's stainless steel reed plates and have played them literally all day for weeks on end and with no detuning. I'm in the bad habit of playing too hard and do hav...

Is this G? (A/B C/D E/F# G/A A/B) That's how is labeled on Seydel's website. What other keys do you use or do you play everything on one harmonica?

Hi Brendan, I missed a very obvious perk of your PowerChromatic tuning. As a richter addict I didn't like the fact that the G was a blow note. I rebuilt some Seydel plates in your PowerChromatic configuration and realized that the G is also a draw note slide-in! My 2nd realization is that the C can ...

Is an Eastop SlipSlider in the works? I'm sold on the brand and the price!

Best Regards!
David Pearce