Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Brendan-- Lots to think about. Thanks for the feedback!

As for my "Disclaimer/Disclosure" (above), my suspicion has been validated. On the Slidemeister forum, Gary Lehmann pointed out that "Black Badge" is identical to, and preceded by, PentaBender tuning by Roger Myerson . I thank Gary for the correction and congratulate Roger for "getting there" first.

The final four chambers (i.e. 3-6) of the "Solo Buddy" tuning above has become part of larger, more chord-enabled tunings that I call "mullet" tunings. On this Forum, see "Blues Mullet" tuning for 10-hole harp and also "Blues Mullet" tuning for 12-hole harp.

NAME: “Blues Mullet" tuning for 12-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: This tuning is an extension of my earlier “Blues Mullet" tuning for 10-hole harp , which itself was a fusion of two of my earlier tunings. The first eight chambers are an extension of my "Scale and Skinny/Fat Chords” Blues Buddy tuning for...

I suggest that you compare this tuning to the newest one in the Topic called "High Octane" blues tuning for 10-hole harp. The two tunings are very similar in their overall goals and capabilities, but they have very different structures. I ask for your thoughts on these two approaches.

I suggest that you compare this tuning to the one in the Topic called "Blues Mullet" tuning for 10-hole harp. The two tunings are very similar in their overall goals and capabilities, but they have very different structures. I ask for your thoughts on these two approaches.

NAME: “Blues Mullet" tuning for 10-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: This tuning is a fusion of two of my earlier tunings. The first six chambers are exactly my "Scale and Skinny/Fat Chords” Blues Buddy tuning for Big Six . (See the Topic of that name.) The final four chambers are from my "Big Six Blues Sol...

Just a few minutes ago I documented, in a Topic called "Diagrams of well-known tunings", a tuning created years ago by Heiner Krüger. I then noticed that my "Solo Buddy" (diagrammed above) has a lot in common with Krüger's "Optimized Blues Tuning" . The differences are few, but details matter. I wou...

NAME: “Scale and Skinny/Fat Chords” Blues Buddy tuning for Big Six BASIC CONCEPT: My "Buddy" tunings for Seydel's excellent little Big Six are becoming a series! This tuning features: 1. A partial or "skinny" I chord (actually a dyad) in the 1-2 draw . 2. A partial or "skinny" VII chord (actually a...