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by IaNerd
Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:39 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Spreadsheet for calculating chord frequencies *REVISED*
Replies: 16
Views: 24836

Re: Spreadsheet for calculating chord frequencies *REVISED*

Forum members may message me to request a copy of this Excel document.
by IaNerd
Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:40 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Spreadsheet for calculating chord frequencies *REVISED*
Replies: 16
Views: 24836

Re: Spreadsheet for calculating chord frequencies *REVISED*

Here is an interesting and well-controlled demonstration of different intonations: https://youtu.be/hC8RPFIaTzU
by IaNerd
Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:14 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Spreadsheet for calculating chord frequencies *REVISED*
Replies: 16
Views: 24836

Re: Spreadsheet for calculating chord frequencies *REVISED*

BIG NEWS .... To test the various versions of the minor 7th, I opened up http://onlinetonegenerator.com/ in four separate windows on my computer. Then I entered the follwing values (one per window): For the root of C: 263 Hz For the major third (E): 329 Hz For the perfect fifth (G): 395 Hz And for ...
by IaNerd
Sun Feb 04, 2018 5:24 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Spreadsheet for calculating chord frequencies *REVISED*
Replies: 16
Views: 24836

Spreadsheet for calculating chord frequencies *REVISED*

NAME: Spreadsheet for calculating chord frequencies BASIC CONCEPT: Recently I was retuning a chord harmonica. I found myself getting a little mixed up with "cents". I understand why musicians use them, but the physicist in me just wants to calculate absolute frequencies and be done with it. What I ...
by IaNerd
Sat Feb 03, 2018 6:53 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: "FiG Bob CuD" Neck Rack tuning for 12-hole harp
Replies: 1
Views: 4622

"FiG Bob CuD" Neck Rack tuning for 12-hole harp

NAME: "FiG Bob CuD" Neck Rack tuning for 12-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: Recently I have felt the need for five particular chords in a lot of blues/pop/rock tunes. From low voicing to high, they are: bVII (in this example, Fmaj), I (Gmaj), bIII (Bbmaj), IV (Cmaj) and V (Dmaj). Each of these chords has ...
by IaNerd
Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:52 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: “FiG DoC” Neck Rack Tuning for 10-hole harp
Replies: 1
Views: 4709

“FiG DoC” Neck Rack Tuning for 10-hole harp

NAME: “FiG DoC” Neck Rack Tuning for 10-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: This tuning is designed especially for folks who play harp in a neck rack. There are four FAT chordal zones, one each for the bVII (in this case, F), I (G), V (D) and IV (C) chords--and also their b7ths! As far as chord-chugging goes,...
by IaNerd
Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:02 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: “CoG DoC” Neck Rack Tuning for 10-hole harp
Replies: 1
Views: 5007

“CoG DoC” Neck Rack Tuning for 10-hole harp

NAME: “CoG DoC” Neck Rack Tuning for 10-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: This tuning is designed especially for folks who play harp in a neck rack. There are three FAT chordal zones, one each for the I, IV and V chords--and also their b7ths! As far as chord-chugging goes, this tuning should be very forgivi...