Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

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dear greetings
triona

Not especilally for the Lucky13, but if you master this - it is based on standard Richter 10/20 - you can play the respective Lucky13 as well. Finally! 🎉 "The Complete Harmonica Playing Guide" is now available on Amazon. 🎶 This book is perfect for anyone looking to learn or deepen their sk...

Thanks. I must think about this. Maybe I will retune a redundant old harmonica to a *6 for a try. I also have a so called "Richter tuned chromatic". I did not examine yet what notes exactly are on it. It is a configurated from Seydel someone gave me one day a long time ago. dear greetings ...

Yes, it sounds like the CX-12 in G might be the way to go if I decide to go for a full-blown chromatic ... However, the tongue block approach including some chords has kind of become my style, and solo tuning messes this up somewhat… The layout I propose would allow me to continue to play in that s...

I’m hoping the Trochilus might be a bit louder than my Lee Oskar, which gets a little drowned out, especially by boxes… If you are looking for a very loud harmonica, I can recommend the Hohner CX-12. It is a standard chromatic with a halftone-up-slider and comes in 10 different keys from low C to C...

Firstly, thank you.
I did not find enough time to study this more deeply the last days. But surely I will do that.
This seems to be a question that is discussed by others as well. This is what I found once upon a day back:
https://thesession.org/discussions/24314


dear greetings
triona

Thanks Triona, I have found your post very helpful, as are your other ones that I have read through :) Nice to read some positive response. :D It is the ‘melodeon’ that I refer to, yes. Not so much emulating the sound as imparting a similar drive to the rhythm. So bass/chord patterns, become tongue...

Hi Arnold, welcome here. I think, here is a good place to get some useful input. Fast forward to a couple of years ago and my (re?)discovery of traditional folk music, particularly English music, I start playing around with diatonic accordions. Unfortunately, the old RSI in the wrists reared its hea...

A blues lick using electric guitar-style bends & vibrato, played on my latest experimental harmonica in this project: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C74yDwVo1BL/?igsh=YjQxZGlpYzc4YXZk Is it a fully acoustic play? Or did you use some electric / electronic amplification or even electronic effects...

I've long been an admirer of the many innovative harmonica ideas of the designer Chamber Huang, and this is one of his best :) I do not wonder about your admiration of CBH's ideas. And it is my opinion as well that the Chordomonica is one of his best. It is a real pity - or more clearly said: a rea...