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- Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:11 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Balkan tunes and tuning
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25442
Re: Balkan tunes and tuning
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...
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:05 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Lucky 13 in Diminished Tuning - Just Released
- Replies: 15
- Views: 21248
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 2:13 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Balkan tunes and tuning
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25442
Re: Balkan tunes and tuning
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 ...
- Wed Sep 30, 2020 11:08 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Balkan tunes and tuning
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25442
Re: Balkan tunes and tuning
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...
- Wed Sep 30, 2020 11:01 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Balkan tunes and tuning
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25442
Re: Balkan tunes and tuning
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...
- Wed Sep 30, 2020 3:22 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Balkan tunes and tuning
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25442
Re: Balkan tunes and tuning
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....
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:23 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Balkan tunes and tuning
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25442
Re: Balkan tunes and 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? ...
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:41 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Balkan tunes and tuning
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25442
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:33 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Balkan tunes and tuning
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25442
Re: Balkan tunes and tuning
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...
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:09 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Lucky 13 in Diminished Tuning! New Keys for Solo & PC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8861
Re: Lucky 13 in Diminished Tuning! New Keys for Solo & PC
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...