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by IaNerd
Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:41 pm
Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
Topic: Chromatic for Irish-- there can be only one! (For me at least)
Replies: 8
Views: 44834

Re: Chromatic for Irish-- there can be only one! (For me at least)

In the link below, the second retuning moves a C Major Solo harp to D Major Inverted Bebop. This harp also has a G Major scale without using the slider or bending. Both of these major scales remain fully chromatic with use of the slider, whether it be sharp- or flat-slide. https://brendan-power.com/...
by IaNerd
Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
Topic: Chromatic for Irish-- there can be only one! (For me at least)
Replies: 8
Views: 44834

Re: Chromatic for Irish-- there can be only one! (For me at least)

I hope not to muddy the water here. I found a list of about 700 Irish tunes. From this list, I ascertained the following. They are clustered and subtotaled by their parent major scales. D Major 202 E Dorian 62 A Mixolydian 22 B Minor 8 total = 294 -------- -------- G Major 190 A Dorian 69 D Mixolydi...
by IaNerd
Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:06 am
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Review of Three New Chinese Chromatics
Replies: 4
Views: 37639

Re: Review of Three New Chinese Chromatics

Triona -

Let's hope -- after Kongsheng's initial development of the KB-12 -- that offering a KB-12 Mk2 (with straight tuning) would be relatively easy.
by IaNerd
Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:14 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Dorian Cross var. 2.5a re-tuning of a Paddy Richter Baby Fat
Replies: 1
Views: 35814

Re: Dorian Cross var. 2.5a re-tuning of a Paddy Richter Baby Fat

Now let us compare the last re-tuning in the post just above with this re-tuning of a Paddy Richter Baby Fat : BLOW C E A C E G C HOLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DRAW D G B D F# A B The tuning called var. 2.5a is in F major, with the first tonic available as a full bend of the 2 draw. The re-tuning shown in this...
by IaNerd
Fri Jan 13, 2023 3:27 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Dorian Cross var. 2.5a re-tuning of a Paddy Richter Baby Fat
Replies: 1
Views: 35814

Dorian Cross var. 2.5a re-tuning of a Paddy Richter Baby Fat

The other day I thought that maybe I had penciled out a new tuning. When I checked Pat Missin 's catalog, I found that it was already known as Variation 2.5a of Dorian Cross . 2.5 - DORIAN CROSS BLOW C E G C E G C E G C HOLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DRAW D G Bb D F A Bb D F A 2.5a - VARIATION OF 2.5 BLO...
by IaNerd
Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:15 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Slide diatonic+tremolo (or octave). Has it been done?
Replies: 1
Views: 36949

Slide diatonic+tremolo (or octave). Has it been done?

What about this: a slide harp with some standard tuning (e.g. Solo, PowerChromatic) in one layer, but then pushing the slider opens up both layers, with the second layer being tremolo or octave of the first layer?
by IaNerd
Sun Jun 12, 2022 4:03 pm
Forum: Website Discussion
Topic: Nuisance posts
Replies: 1
Views: 30279

Nuisance posts

Is it possible to have the recent nuisance posts by "govindar" removed?
by IaNerd
Sat Jun 11, 2022 5:01 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Chromatic with Offset Tonics Double Lead Tone (COT-DLT)
Replies: 1
Views: 36535

Re: Chromatic with Offset Tonics Double Lead Tone (COT-DLT)

Note that in the flat-slide version (above), both layers have three possible draw-bends per octave. Compare this with PowerChromatic, which has four, and with Solo and Classical, each of which have two.
by IaNerd
Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:50 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Sheet music, tabs, and then THIS ...
Replies: 2
Views: 37267

Re: Sheet music, tabs, and then THIS ...

... and/or create MIDI files!

I seem to recall that currently there are algorithms that convert piano recordings to MIDI files. I am not a programmer or a sound engineer, but I would guess that some of the code could be transferable.