Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

If the tuning just above this one is "Gen 2", then this one must be "Gen 3".

This diagram reflects the modifications discussed in the comment just above this one.

It permits the G blues scale to be played as an arrow-straight shot across the draw notes.

The 13-hole version of this tuning, envisioned in the two posts above, can be found at "Extra High Octane" blues tuning for 13-hole harp .

An arguably better 12-hole blues tuning can be found in a newer topic called "High Octane" blues tuning for 12-hole harp.

An arguably better 10-hole blues tuning can be found in a newer topic called "High Octane" blues tuning for 10-hole harp.

NAME: "HIgh Octane" blues tuning for 10-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: About a week ago I posted the first of what has now become a series of "High Octane" blues tunings. These tunings are characterized by featuring AT LEAST following properties: 1. Three whole chords of a I - IV - V progression (my defa...

A slight twist on this would be to have the four draw be a G4 (i.e. an enharmonic of the three blow) instead of an F4 . This would make runs up and down the G blues scale much faster and easier. That would wreck its role as a b7th for the inverted Gmaj; however, there is already a G7 farther up the ...

NAME: "EXTRA HIgh Octane" blues tuning for 13-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: In recent months I have devised a number of tunings which feature “the” minor hexatonic blues scale. A few days ago it dawned on me that, in doing so, my thinking was restricted to the I chord (my default for this is Gmaj) of a ...

ADDENDUM #2:
The draw note of that added channel 4 (see ADDENDUM #1) should be an F. This would make the b7th of the Gmaj of 1-3 draw.