Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Part 4 (final).

Part 3:

CORRECTION: The left-hand chords should not say "and 7th".

Part 2:

CORRECTION: The left-hand chords should not say "and 7th".

BASIC CONCEPT: My intention is help people (first of all me) to better understand the structural/functional differences among four tunings. I intend to show this as an almost evolutionary progression. Because I don't know how to post more than one picture per post, this will require four posts. 201...

It could be interesting to change chambers 5 and/or 9 to B-flat blow and C# draw, with a partial draw-bend from C# to C.

Replacing the 4, 7 and/or 10 blows with E would make for nice draw-bends from G to F in those chambers.

NAME: "Richter's Backpack" ... for the B. Power Twin Harmonica System BASIC CONCEPT: Many players are devoted to the iconic Richter diatonic tuning for 10-hole harps. This "Backpack" allows them to retain every iota of the Richter system and incorporate additional musical capabilities . WHEN/HOW: D...

NAME: “Goldschmidt/Sowards Gen. 6 PowerChrom tuning for 13-hole switch harp BASIC CONCEPT: The Gen. 4 version of “Goldschmidt/Sowards” tuning took a step forward by splitting the Slide In-Draw up into two sets of notes, such that the right half of the comb’s chords could be in roughly the same regi...

It seems to me that Power Chromatic tuning is widely but incorrectly regarded as being useful solely in slide harps. In other words, it seems like PC's fitness as a tuning for "standard" 10-hole, 20-reed harps is vastly underestimated. Why is it NOT sold as a standard configuration? Why is it NOT on...

NAME: “Goldschmidt/Sowards Gen. 5 PowerChrom tuning for 14-hole slide harp” BASIC CONCEPT: The Gen. 4 version of “Goldschmidt/Sowards” tuning took a step forward by splitting the Slide In-Draw layer into two sets of notes, such that the right half of the comb’s chords could be in roughly the same r...