Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Gerhard, and anyone else interested: the Lucky 13 in Diminished Tuning is now released: https://brendan-power.com/lucky13.php#lucky13Dim I was testing it out in Hijaz scale today. As with any other scale, there are only three patterns required to play Hijaz in all 12 keys! I'll lay them out here sh...

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GERHARD: both of our tunings with the same pattern in the first 3 holes (CD - EbF# - GA) are fully chromatic with draw bends alone. YOURS (bends shown in lower case): C c# D -> Eb e f F# -> G g# A -> Bb b C -> (C) MINE (a# substitutes for lower case Bb (bb), which looks awkward!): C c# D -> Eb e f ...

Gerhard: Like Brendan says, your tuning is very similar to his, and it's hard to say one is objectively better than the other. It looks nice :) I've never seen it before, but it makes sense as a variation of another tuning which I talked about in another post , which I call PowerBender's Sharp Sist...

Sorry Gerhard! I assume this is a tuning that repeats every 5th hole (like Diminished-tuned, Solo, PowerChromatic etc)? That is indeed a nice tuning variation which I don't think we've seen before. Edvin has the sharpest eye for that kind of thing. It's the same as the one I used for Sweet Bulgarit...

How about a tuning like that: C Eb G Bb C Eb G Bb C Eb 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 D F# A C D F# A C D G Full chromatic only with draw bends and the scale without bends? Or use a G Harmonic Minor harmonica e.g. from Lee Oskar. There are the whole scale inside and it is much cheaper as a customized tuning....

For exactly your scale I would use a Powebender in G. I'm not necessarily saying second position Powerbender is ideal for playing Balkan music. It's just what I happen to use for this scale, and I've not given much thought to alternatives. What do you think about a Powerbender in F third position? ...

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Sun Sep 27, 2020 3:52 pm

I don't know anything about Balkan music, but I do use this scale frequently when playing around in Powerbender tuning. I'll try to make a recording tonight!

What key of the powerbender tuning do you use for exactly this scale?

I’m getting interested in Balkan tunes which use the “Hijaz” mode/scale in D: D Eb F# G A Bb C D. Its not quite a diminished scale. I could play this on chromatic but are there any other altered tunings of harmonicas that might make it possible on diatonic? Also, any recommend recordings of someone...

Given the available reeds plus the intention of bending all the draw notes, I decided the best range would be this, starting on A3, ending on B6: AB CD D#F F#G# AB CD D#F F#G# AB CD D#F F#G# AB Yes, if the reeds only for this available, that's seems good: My Session Steel starts with A3 and ends wi...