Re: [Harp-L] Re: Brendan's "Power Tunings" now available through SEYDEL

[Eric Miller <miller.eric.t@xxxxxxxxx>]

When I have a few moments this week, I'll put up a video of a song I'm
working on right now: Chitlins con Carne.  Although I'm basing my study of
this tune  on Pat Ramsey's version, which is all 1-6....I'll  add some
upper octave 7-10 stuff to the improv segment of the arrangement.


On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Brendan Power <bren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Thanks Eric Miller, for your positive assessment of PowerDraw tuning and
> interesting observations. Iâd love to hear what youâre playing on it! Do
> you have any recordings or YouTube videos youâd like to share? BTW, tuning
> will get quicker the more you do it J
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> My main 10 hole harp tuning is PowerBender but I have a few PowerDraw harps
> in my gig bag for special performance pieces. I play my âDidgeribluesâ
> drone/soundscape tune in PowerDraw tuning:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ5DCe_YOGE
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> Itâs interesting how the tunings evolved over the years! In the 1980s I
> created a tuning I called Regular-Breath Tuning on 11 hole harps I made
> from
> Hohner Special 20s. I recorded my first album âCountry Harmonicaâ in
> 1983/84 with them. The harps were pretty innovative in other ways too:
> first
> half-valved diatonics, first use of BluTac for reversible retuning,
> possibly
> the first flattened-back covers. You can see photos of those old harps and
> read the story behind them here if youâre interested:
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> http://www.brendan-power.com/Country%20Harmonica.htm
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> Regular-Breath mixed a Richter bottom end with a tuning I call
> PowerChromatic. I first developed PowerChromatic for my half-valved
> chromatics and still use it today. Itâs my default chromatic tuning, but I
> use it on 12 hole diatonics too.
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> In the 90s I switched to a tuning called PowerBlow for most of my 10 hole
> harp playing. It has holes 1-6 same as Richter, but holes 7-10 are tuned
> for
> blow bending on the same notes that draw bend down the bottom. I recorded
> my
> Blues album âTwo Trains Runningâ with it:
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> http://www.brendan-power.com/Two%20Trains%20Running.htm
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> PowerBender came next, using a mirror-image of PowerBlow in holes 7-10: the
> same notes but the breath directions reversed.
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> PowerDraw is the top end of PowerBender fused with holes 1-6 from standard
> Richter. I think it is the easiest one for most players to learn, as it
> retains all the main established ground that generations of harp players
> have worked over, along with easy intuitive draw bends in the top octave.
> Plus it retains nice octave splits, which is important for traditional
> tongue-block players.
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> You can see the tuning diagrams for these and others of my tunings here:
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> http://www.brendan-power.com/Diatonic%20
> <http://www.brendan-power.com/Diatonic%20&%20Chromatic%20Tunings.htm>
> &%20Chromatic%20Tunings.htm
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> Iâve created many more obscure tunings too, but those are the main ones I
> use.
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> Brendan Power
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