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A technical question:
What kind of harmonica did Tijn use for the accompaniment of The Sligo Maid? And how is this "snaring" sound (3:00 - 3:20) produced? Filip Jers and Jouko Kyhälä play this sound also some times on their CD "New Scandinavian Harmonica, Vol 1".
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Tijn is using a standard G chromatic harmonica. It gives you draw Am and blow G chords, which are perfect for the reel.
I'm playing a G Slide-Diatonic in Paddy-Solo tuning. Solo tuned G scale starts on hole 5 (as with a normal chrom), but the lower octave needs only 3 holes instead of 4, using the Paddy scale: GA. BD. EF#.
Since the tonic G is moved up to hole 2, It allows me to get low extra range on the bottom hole. Slide-out tuning for holes 1-2 is: D³E³ G³A³
Those notes are in fifths, which is how I get the nice rich chugging sound on the low rhythm part.
Nice video! It's inspiring to see people working around the limitations
Another technical question: What about the slide-in tuning for holes 1 and 2? If they're mainly used for chord playing, I would guess you do something like keeping 1 blow left unaffected by the slider, giving the slide-in tuning D³F#³ A³B³. Or is there something else going on?
