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- Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:38 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Chromatic tuning with irregular slide notes. Pros and cons?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9630
Re: Chromatic tuning with irregular slide notes. Pros and cons?
When I played in the Riverdance Show in the 1990s I created a whole batch of bizarrely tuned slide harmonicas to enable me to play the music as written. Bill Whelan's score had some very tricky parts that could not be played at tempo on any conventional harmonica, but these altered chroms allowed me...
- Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:39 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Harmonicas with Modular Reedplates
- Replies: 22
- Views: 132135
Re: Harmonicas with Modular Reedplates
Thanks for the ruminations on this topic people, interesting and helpful. I was away in India for a while and laid low with Giardiasis since I got back, but am recovering now and getting back to various projects - including this one. I sent off some reedplates for slicing into strips by a couple of ...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 8:39 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: beginner harp for irish/folk
- Replies: 20
- Views: 40204
Re: beginner harp for irish/folk
Play 10 hole draw on a Richter harp with a very light breath. In fact all the upper-octave draws on Richter work best with a light breath. The tendency for many players is to suck hard on them as they do with the draws in holes 1-6, but that is counter-productive. Alan: the tunes are available digit...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 8:36 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: THE ENTERTAINER - Played on Lucky 13 in PowerChromatic Tuning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15371
Re: THE ENTERTAINER - Played on Lucky 13 in PowerChromatic Tuning
Glad you're enjoying "The Entertainer" lesson Sachlaw, and thanks for the encouragement to do more PC lessons. Will do!
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:43 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Melody Maker vs Paddy Richter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19686
Re: Melody Maker vs Paddy Richter
Yes, can do.
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:31 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: EDharmonica, by Seydel
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12116
Re: EDharmonica, by Seydel
Robert: there is a way to input tunings here. Please check this thread on the subject:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:42 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: EDharmonica, by Seydel
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12116
Re: EDharmonica, by Seydel
This is a copy of a post on Modern Blues Harmonica: -------------- Just for the record, there is nothing 'new' about the ED Harmonica tuning. It's simply the bottom end of Paddy Richter or Melody Maker repeated up the harp - except they start the scale on the A instead of the C. The website says 'Pa...
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:36 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: urgently searched sparepart
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19738
Re: urgently searched sparepart
No need to do all that, just use a Hering 5140 slide. And as CrawfordE noted, you could try a slide from one if the Hohner or Koch 10 hole chroms. In fact, just swap in their entire mouthpiece/slider assembly.
- Sun Oct 14, 2018 5:04 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: THE ENTERTAINER - Played on Lucky 13 in PowerChromatic Tuning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15371
Re: THE ENTERTAINER - Played on Lucky 13 in PowerChromatic Tuning
I agree! I think harmonica players should adopt it as the preferred notation for our instrument, which comes in all 12 keys. Far more logical and easy to use than standard notes. I wish I'd known about it a long time ago when I lived in London and was doing regular sessions. I made my own cod versio...
- Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:13 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: THE ENTERTAINER - Played on Lucky 13 in PowerChromatic Tuning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15371
THE ENTERTAINER - Played on Lucky 13 in PowerChromatic Tuning
Here is my version of Scott Joplin's classic 'The Entertainer', played on the new Lucky 13 in PowerChromatic Tuning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMsdcDdaTgI
If you want to learn to play it, check out this comprehensive Instructional Pack:
http://www.brendan-power.com/instruction.php#view4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMsdcDdaTgI
If you want to learn to play it, check out this comprehensive Instructional Pack:
http://www.brendan-power.com/instruction.php#view4