Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Quick update:
Turning the slider upside down is really easy! I just timed myself, and even though I was fumbling quite a bit I still managed to do it in just under 30 seconds. With some practice I'm sure you could do it between songs at a gig, why on earth anybody would want to do that

I got my Symphony 48 in the mail last week, and I really like it! I've been travelling most of the time since, so a more thorough review will have to wait a bit, but some things I can say right away. The slider is super smooth with very little friction. The delight of the novelty might make me biase...

... this tuning seems almost ideal for Eurovision :D ... If not most of the contestants would prefer electronical sound generation (?) :? dear greetings triona Ideal for playing their songs, not necessarily ideal for the contenders ;) Am I the only one who think using the harmonica to play tunes fr...

By the way, I "get" the desire for a lipped comb, a.k.a. recessed reed plate I second that! I have a few "sandwich style" harps, but I much prefer the recessed ones. (Hmm... Does this have anything to do with me being a pucker player? Does pucker/tounge blocking agree differentl...

In your illustration of an Dm over Em harp, you have highlighted the Em blues scale. It might be worth noting that there is also a Bm blues scale, and if you overblow hole 3 there is even an Am blues scale. From your previous posts I think I've gathered that blues player like to play the same things...

I'm sure there are several useful ways to use Inverted Bebop in a double diatonic. One possibility would be to simply use a whole-note slide, i.e. combining IB's in G and A: Slide in G B D F# G B D F# G B D F# Blow Slide out F A C E F A C E F A C E Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Draw Slide out G B ...

triona wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:50 amI think you will not know this until you have tried it by yourself.
If you can wait until end of September...
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You are certainly right. I ordered one today, so hopefully I'll know more in a few weeks!

Hmm. Not sure either.

It looks a bit like a power chromatic, three out of four holes are the same, but that might not be what you mean.

Thank you Lizzy! It seems they do not offer polished steel reeds for the custom tunings, neither for the Symphony nor the Lightning. Maybe this will come later. I'm about to invest in a nicer harp and currently sway between the Saxony and the Symphony, but two questions make me hesitate: 1. With the...

Interesting. It looks a bit like one of those tunings where people try to go chromatic on a diatonic with bends only, but with many retained chords, and you scrap the Eb which is one of the least useful notes anyway :) What do you think is a good way of naming tunings like these, which are sort of c...