Re: X-HARPS : Personal Experimental Harmonica Project
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:30 am
Hey there, I'm new to the forum, I have a lot of reading to catch up on!
This sounds very ambitious, but also very exciting!
Out of my diatonics I really wish I could bend from the 5 all the way down to the 4, and bend from the 4 all the way down to the flat 3.
A lot of guitar solos I try to track have those bends, I've considered changing my diatonic tuning to accomodate, but maybe X reeds are a better answer.
In a chromatic, I agree, if every single note had the option of being bendable draw note (without having to bend it to get the note you want) that would be harmonic utopia. Big bonus if it still fits in your pocket.
In your reed plate slider thread I described my attempt to build the "perfect diminished tuned harmonica", where every note could be a draw and every key would have the same breath pattern. If that breath pattern already feels familiar to a common diatonic position, even better.
This sounds very ambitious, but also very exciting!
Out of my diatonics I really wish I could bend from the 5 all the way down to the 4, and bend from the 4 all the way down to the flat 3.
A lot of guitar solos I try to track have those bends, I've considered changing my diatonic tuning to accomodate, but maybe X reeds are a better answer.
In a chromatic, I agree, if every single note had the option of being bendable draw note (without having to bend it to get the note you want) that would be harmonic utopia. Big bonus if it still fits in your pocket.
In your reed plate slider thread I described my attempt to build the "perfect diminished tuned harmonica", where every note could be a draw and every key would have the same breath pattern. If that breath pattern already feels familiar to a common diatonic position, even better.