An Idea in Need of an Application - Suggestions?
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:32 am
An Idea in Need of an Application - Any Suggestions?
I've come up with a theoretical way to play any reed in a diatonic harmonica as either blow or draw. It's not simultaneous, you have to manually choose one or the other with a selector mechanism similar to a chromatic slider. When you do, all the notes in the harmonica switch breath direction, so it can work for single notes or chords. In terms of single notes, for example on a particular hole, blow C/draw D would become draw C/blow D. It's interesting - but for the life of me I can't think of a useful application for this dual-function reed system in harmonicas, so haven't bothered to test it out yet. If anyone has any suggestions, please offer them
If there is one (or more) idea that survives scrutiny and seems really useful, I'll make a prototype. If it works, I'll post it to the person who first suggested the application
I've come up with a theoretical way to play any reed in a diatonic harmonica as either blow or draw. It's not simultaneous, you have to manually choose one or the other with a selector mechanism similar to a chromatic slider. When you do, all the notes in the harmonica switch breath direction, so it can work for single notes or chords. In terms of single notes, for example on a particular hole, blow C/draw D would become draw C/blow D. It's interesting - but for the life of me I can't think of a useful application for this dual-function reed system in harmonicas, so haven't bothered to test it out yet. If anyone has any suggestions, please offer them
If there is one (or more) idea that survives scrutiny and seems really useful, I'll make a prototype. If it works, I'll post it to the person who first suggested the application