Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Coincidental Timing with Brendan's Midi Pitch Bender, I've been working on some handheld experiments for changing the pitch of amped harmonica: Here's a quick demo video: https://youtu.be/oQarDqO116U The most straightforward way to do this is to use something like a digitech whammy or other pitch sh...

I really like option A. So much so I may have to try it out sometime!

It seems very versatile, especially in 1st and 12th positions.

These sound great! I especially like the "Stairway to heaven " one you just did. I had started learning a couple solos on my retuned Trochilus tuning before I went and messed up my rib and threw my projects on hold for yhe time being. I had found, as you predicted, a couple things I want t...

Hey. I suffered a rib injury in August which unfortunately has not been healing properly and has kept me away from all sorts of activities, including harmonica. Three months later I still have no idea when I'll be able to take up music practice and physical activity again. My motivation to work on p...

I don't know why it is, but I've found that valve bends on the smaller reeds (holes 6 and up) always sound nice and strong compared to holes 1 through 4.

I made a version for the Seydel 1847, which I showed off here: https://www.brendan-power.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4324#p4324 In theory it does work well, you can overblow / overdraw every reed, single reed bend every reed, and do your normal dual reed bends as well. In practice, because the reed ch...

Here is my attempt at an Integrated Mouthpiece Slider for the Trochilus Video : https://youtu.be/mYH1oYv01RQ?si=FqdCMRQlj5jeu17S Pros: -it shortens the width by a half inch -easy to install: it uses no new hardware, just replace the mouthiece and slide with the printed mouthpiece -I feel like I coul...

Congrats!

This is very cool, I like this concept even more than the slipslider!

I think an ideal version of this harp would be as close as possible to a traditional size harp. I have the same goal. I want a "Trochilus" that I can toss in my pocket, without the slider getting in the way, and without having to have a hard case in order to protect the slider. I started ...

I still think a customised chromatic harmonica is the best solution, and available right now. However, you said: Yeah, I was thinking about using slider for that. It's not ideal though cause sometimes I want to play harmonica in a holder with my concertina. There's a solution for that: Vern Smith's...