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- Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:34 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Serendipity in Action: Inverted-Solo Tuning
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4772
Serendipity in Action: Inverted-Solo Tuning
I inadvertently created an interesting new tuning nearly 30 years ago, without realising it until quite recently. In the late 1980s I started retuning chromatics to make what I call Slide-Diatonics. These were primarily for Irish music, where I was playing in the home key and related modes of the ch...
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:34 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: "Super-Duper Chord Buddy" ... for BP's Quad-Six system
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6708
Re: "Super-Duper Chord Buddy" ... for BP's Quad-Six system
Good practical suggestion
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:29 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Asiabend TABS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6160
Re: Asiabend
Good advice Triona - thanks!
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:28 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: comb versus other tunings than C
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5756
Re: comb versus other tunings than C
My Universal PowerComb for the Hohner wood-comb chromatics will fit all keys, so no worries. Info here: http://www.brendan-power.com/combs-hohner.php#12 Ordering for lipped chromatic PowerCombs is suspended at he moment while we research new methods/materials for adding the lip. In the emantime I re...
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:24 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Unibender
- Replies: 30
- Views: 41038
Re: Unibender
Thanks for your sympathetic comments, Lizzy and Triona. The good thing is I have a bit of a deadline coming up for this and a couple of other designs that I need to finish patent papers for in early April, so that will help concentrate the mind
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:31 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Power Chromatic
- Replies: 76
- Views: 152474
Re: Power Chromatic
I'm in the process of getting some samples made by Easttop of PowerChromatic tuning on the Lucky 13. Just a couple of keys. I've made some myself, and finding it great for Bluegrass and Ragtime tunes where you want the easy chromaticism with a funkier diatonic tone. Here's a test demo of playing Luc...
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:09 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Unibender
- Replies: 30
- Views: 41038
Re: Unibender
Apologies - this delay in releasing the UniBender is getting embarrassing for me, and annoying for you! The current hold-up is finishing the patent documents. The valve principle inside the UniBender could apply to a wide range of harmonicas and I want to protect it before release. I've done the mai...
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:52 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Asiabend TABS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6160
Re: Asiabend
Thanks for the query. It's not something I've considered up till now, but it could be a good idea - as the AsiaBend is certainly quite different to anything else out there! To do it digitally would require some specialist Tab software, or an adaptation of existing software. I'll look into it. In the...
- Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:12 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: The MiniChrom / SwitchHarp is Released
- Replies: 18
- Views: 29950
Re: The MiniChrom / SwitchHarp is Released
One other possibility, a bit over the top maybe: There is a doubled C in hole 3 with draw slide-in. You could detune it to A#, detune the current blow 3 slide-in A# to G#, and detune the current hole 2 slide-in G# to F#. However it would alter the slider pattern in those holes, and you'd lose a bend...
- Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:01 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: The MiniChrom / SwitchHarp is Released
- Replies: 18
- Views: 29950
Re: The MiniChrom / SwitchHarp is Released
Glad you're liking your version too Crawford :-) David: ah, you mean the F# on a C harp. In Richter you would have two G# slide notes and could conceivably tune one down to F#, but it has to be a bend in Melody Maker tuning. However as you say you can get the F# as a shallow bend slide-out or a deep...