Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Karl: What are your thoughts on changing one or both dm chords to Dmaj, which in 2nd position G here would give a V chord?

Not chords--single notes of a riff spanning about one measure.

In that lowest octave, I'm looking forward to leaving/returning home by playing: G--F--D--C (dotted quarter)--F (eighth)--G (half).

Glad to hear that, Karl. I've ordered a set of five Lucky 13s and intend to convert all of them. Not sure yet which way to go with the lowest-octave blow chord (i.e. whether to leave it at a IV chord or to change it to a bVII). Thoughts on that?

Please note that the 10-holer and the 6-holer (above) each have one full minor hexatonic blues octave, and each of the 13-holers have two uninterrupted blues octaves. Also note that all of these octaves share the same breath/bend pattern.

As far as fine-tuning for intonation , this is my current thinking for this subfamily of tunings: 1. The major thirds in the blow layer (i.e. all of the Es of the CEGs, and the F of the CFA) will each be lowered to 14 cents below ET. 2. The major thirds in the draw layer (i.e. the Bs and all of the ...

NAME: CoG CuD No-7ths “Neck Rack” tuning for Big Six, a.k.a. “Country” Big Six BASIC CONCEPT: Okay, this one is interesting .... If you take the 10-hole tuning at the top of this Topic, and then truncate it to just six holes, you get ... a "CoG CuD No-7ths 'Neck Rack' tuning for Big Six"....

NAME: FiG CoG CuD No-7ths “Neck Rack” tuning for 13-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: And now for something only slightly different from the tuning just above (also based on a Lucky 13 or SBS) ... You can raise the two blow by one semitone and raise the three blow by two semitones. Now the left-most three b...

NAME: CoG CuD No-7ths “Neck Rack” tuning for 13-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: And now for something that is not completely different … If you have a Double-Richter tuned Lucky 13 or SBS lying around, you might try this! WHEN/HOW: March of 2018. I have not yet had one made. LAYOUT/DETAILS: 2018-03-05 (3)...

NAME: CoG CuD No-7ths “Neck Rack” tuning for 10-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: There is a family of tunings which are basically Richter harps that have been altered only slightly. Paddy Richter, Melody Maker and Country tuning come to mind. I have never been a big fan of Richter nor its nearest relatives...