Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

I just discovered that Brendan did it too.

IRISH HARMONICA LOCKDOWN DUET - Tijn Berends & Brendan Power
Jig to Reel
Mist Covered Mountains
The Sligo Maid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdWGJf_rfE8

Very nice!

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".


dear greetings
triona

Glad you like it Triona.

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.

Thanx.

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?

Hi Edvin: close, but the slide in notes are actually: D³G³ A³B³. I found the doubled G was handier in practice.