Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

In my first few posts here viewtopic.php?f=9&t=212#p1119 I considered some tunings that included lowering standard Richter's 7 draw note by two semitones -- making it equal to the 6 draw's pitch. Well over a year ago I got this far on what was going to be a more extensive re-tuning project but then had to clear off my desk for other things. Last week I pulled out this harp and tried to recollect what I was doing and thinking. What I found was that this change of one reed extends second position's typical v chord (of 4-6 draw) from 4 draw all the way to 10 draw. This could be very handy as a "neck-rack" tuning. It also opens up a new dyad -- the D5 power chord -- in the 7 and 8 draw notes. These could be played as a dyad or warbled.

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Interesting!

Another advantage for second position is that you get the minor third as a hole 7 blow bend. This note is otherwise normally played with 6 overblow, a hard note to play and impossible if you play half valved!

I've used the same effect before with the SlipSlider, by moving the bottom plate to the right, and the bend up from the minor third to the fourth is nice