Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

In the 10-hole tuning just above, the 1 draw could be raised by one semitone. This change would forfeit the vi chord, but it would provide the I chord with a septimal minor 7th note.

Inside the 13-hole tuning just above is a 10-hole tuning waiting to get out.

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This next one is pretty much the same thing as the tuning just above, but with an added vi chord (in this case, E minor).

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The greedy chugger in me wants it all …. to be able blow/draw chug alternately (i.e. without moving the mouth position) between: --the bVII chord and the I chord (e.g. between Fmaj and Gmaj), and --the I chord and the IV chord (e.g. between Gmaj and Cmaj), and --the V and the IV (e.g. between Dmaj a...

I own both models, though not in that tuning. In my experience, the Lucky 13 is much louder and more responsive than the Solist Pro 12. YMMV.

Three of the four tunings just above this post start with a vi chord (shown here as E minor) in the draw layer. If the 1 draw of those tunings was raised by one semitone, it becomes the minor 7th note for the I chord (shown here as a G major).

Both options are good.

Looking at the diagram that is two posts above this one, I thought: "That's okay. But I hate giving up those septimal minor 7ths for the IV and V chords."

And then I thought ....

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With further simplification ....

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If we now lower the 1 draw by two semitones, we will completely circle back to this point:

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From my post of September 13 , I reiterate: Sometimes evolution involves simplification rather than elaboration (think: lizards --> snakes). Please take a look at the diagram in the post just above. Then take a look at this post from thirteen months ago: http://www.brendan-power.com/forum/viewtopic....

All of the tunings in this Topic thus far share the ancestral trait of containing nearly the left half of standard Richter diatonic tuning . The tuning of this September 26th post is a departure from all of those. In this tuning, even the left half is different from Richter tuning . Like the tunings...