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- Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:28 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Notation Software with Harmonica Plugins - Recommendations wanted
- Replies: 12
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Re: Notation Software with Harmonica Plugins - Recommendations wanted
I think harple might be inquiring about the notation software rather than the pdf conversion per se? Assuming so, here is the process I used. Since I don't read music, I wanted to input the score by simply playing - rather than laboriously dropping in notes one by one with a mouse, as I've had to do...
- Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:03 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Irish music book cover??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11271
Re: Irish music book cover??
Book of drills, as in practice routines... Ha! I hadn't ever thought of that, but it works
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 6:44 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Irish music book cover??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11271
Re: Irish music book cover??
Just for fun... It made a striking picture.
A subliminal message could be that playing a harmonica is not as easy as it first seems, it's a sharp and rocky road at times. But that's in the eye of the beholder - I'd be interested in your initial spontaneous impression
A subliminal message could be that playing a harmonica is not as easy as it first seems, it's a sharp and rocky road at times. But that's in the eye of the beholder - I'd be interested in your initial spontaneous impression
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 6:40 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Valves
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6774
Re: Valves
It's more than just a new material, but I can't say more about that aspect at this stage. On the material side, I'm still experimenting. Ideally I'd love to use just a single material, one which has a soft surface but is also springy. That's a hard combination to find! For example, Ultrasuede is goo...
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:40 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Tuning chromatic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10259
Re: Tuning chromatic
It depends what you mean by "tuning". If you mean retuning reeds by a semitone or more to make altered scales, it is better to disassemble and do the retune on the bare reedplates. But for fine tuning, its best to retune whilst assembled - including the mouthpiece and slider. That's became the tunin...
- Thu Nov 22, 2018 11:29 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Pentatonic tunings
- Replies: 31
- Views: 128304
Re: Pentatonic tunings
Oldstudent: I agree with Edvin, start a new thread on your Middle Eastern tuning. If you can, please post some recordings by your friend using it, I'd love to hear it in action :-) You define pentatonic tunings as those which contain two pentatonic scales: one on the blow notes and another on the dr...
- Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:10 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Lucky 13 & Embossing.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17916
- Wed Nov 21, 2018 6:56 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Seydel Will Wilde tuning out now
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7632
Re: Seydel Will Wilde tuning out now
Will based his Wilde tuning on PowerBender. I sent him a couple to try and he liked it, esp. the top octave. However he wanted to change the middle octave a bit to be more like Richter, retaining the 5 draw as a flat 7th in cross harp. His variant works well, though you lose some of the easy chromat...
- Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:49 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Chromatic tuning with irregular slide notes. Pros and cons?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8918
Re: Chromatic tuning with irregular slide notes. Pros and cons?
I'd say it's time to put theory to one side and actually try your ideas out. That's the only way to know if an alternate tuning is really useful or not.
Looking forward to hearing the results
Looking forward to hearing the results
- Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:43 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: beginner harp for irish/folk
- Replies: 20
- Views: 35975
Re: beginner harp for irish/folk
Hard to say without examination if it's a blockage or a damaged reed. You could consult one of the Lucky 13 Recommended Customisers:
http://www.brendan-power.com/lucky13.ph ... dRepairers
They can fix any problems, including reed replacement.
http://www.brendan-power.com/lucky13.ph ... dRepairers
They can fix any problems, including reed replacement.