I just discovered that Brendan did it too.
IRISH HARMONICA LOCKDOWN DUET - Tijn Berends & Brendan Power
Jig to Reel
Mist Covered Mountains
The Sligo Maid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdWGJf_rfE8
Very nice!
A technical question:
What kind of harmonica did Tijn use for the accompaniment of The Sligo Maid? And how is this "snaring" sound (3:00 - 3:20) produced? Filip Jers and Jouko Kyhälä play this sound also some times on their CD "New Scandinavian Harmonica, Vol 1".
dear greetings
triona
IRISH HARMONICA LOCKDOWN DUET - Tijn Berends & Brendan Power
IRISH HARMONICA LOCKDOWN DUET - Tijn Berends & Brendan Power
Aw, Thou beloved, do hearken to the Banshee's lonely croon!
sinn féin - ça ira !
Cad é sin do'n té sin nach mbaineann sin dó
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sinn féin - ça ira !
Cad é sin do'n té sin nach mbaineann sin dó
https://www.youtube.com/@triona1367
https://soundcloud.com/triona-966519605
Re: IRISH HARMONICA LOCKDOWN DUET - Tijn Berends & Brendan Power
Glad you like it Triona.
Tijn is using a standard G chromatic harmonica. It gives you draw Am and blow G chords, which are perfect for the reel.
I'm playing a G Slide-Diatonic in Paddy-Solo tuning. Solo tuned G scale starts on hole 5 (as with a normal chrom), but the lower octave needs only 3 holes instead of 4, using the Paddy scale: GA. BD. EF#.
Since the tonic G is moved up to hole 2, It allows me to get low extra range on the bottom hole. Slide-out tuning for holes 1-2 is: D³E³ G³A³
Those notes are in fifths, which is how I get the nice rich chugging sound on the low rhythm part.
Tijn is using a standard G chromatic harmonica. It gives you draw Am and blow G chords, which are perfect for the reel.
I'm playing a G Slide-Diatonic in Paddy-Solo tuning. Solo tuned G scale starts on hole 5 (as with a normal chrom), but the lower octave needs only 3 holes instead of 4, using the Paddy scale: GA. BD. EF#.
Since the tonic G is moved up to hole 2, It allows me to get low extra range on the bottom hole. Slide-out tuning for holes 1-2 is: D³E³ G³A³
Those notes are in fifths, which is how I get the nice rich chugging sound on the low rhythm part.
Re: IRISH HARMONICA LOCKDOWN DUET - Tijn Berends & Brendan Power
Thanx.
Aw, Thou beloved, do hearken to the Banshee's lonely croon!
sinn féin - ça ira !
Cad é sin do'n té sin nach mbaineann sin dó
https://www.youtube.com/@triona1367
https://soundcloud.com/triona-966519605
sinn féin - ça ira !
Cad é sin do'n té sin nach mbaineann sin dó
https://www.youtube.com/@triona1367
https://soundcloud.com/triona-966519605
Re: IRISH HARMONICA LOCKDOWN DUET - Tijn Berends & Brendan Power
Nice video! It's inspiring to see people working around the limitations
Another technical question: What about the slide-in tuning for holes 1 and 2? If they're mainly used for chord playing, I would guess you do something like keeping 1 blow left unaffected by the slider, giving the slide-in tuning D³F#³ A³B³. Or is there something else going on?
Another technical question: What about the slide-in tuning for holes 1 and 2? If they're mainly used for chord playing, I would guess you do something like keeping 1 blow left unaffected by the slider, giving the slide-in tuning D³F#³ A³B³. Or is there something else going on?
Edvin Wedin
Re: IRISH HARMONICA LOCKDOWN DUET - Tijn Berends & Brendan Power
Hi Edvin: close, but the slide in notes are actually: D³G³ A³B³. I found the doubled G was handier in practice.