Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

PowerDraw is a departure from standard Richter tuning. It "corrects" what can be viewed as problems or limitations of Richter, ultimately to make various forms of expression easier and/or feasible. PowerBender takes that concept further still, and is even less similar to Richter.

Most 88-key pianos start with the lowest key/tone designated as A0. The first C is C1, the next C is C2, and so on. A "regular-C" harmonica starts with a C4 note, also known as "middle C". But variations such as "low C" (starting at C3) and "high C" (starting at C5) can be purchased. In my diagrams,...

FastFouier: You might find this helpful: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=169

DIAGRAM (of what was described on Sun Mar 25, 2018 2:48 pm):

UPDATE, Part 2: I just re-tuned a K-type 10-hole Easttop of the key of C, as per the post just above. Only four reeds needed to be re-tuned--three of them to "septimal minor seventh", i.e. ET -31 cents. For information on the rationale of that choice, see http://www.brendan-power.com/forum/viewtopi...

UPDATE: I've now re-tuned a set of five Lucky 13s (G, A, C, D and F) to the tuning shown in "2018-03-05 (3).png" above. The most difficult part, as expected, was lowering the 7 draw by two semitones, so that it would match the 6 draw. The tuning works well. I expect it will be especially useful whe...

I'd be interested in hearing the thoughts of Brendan and others on the subject of using gaskets between comb and reed plates.

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).