Re: [Harp-L] Seydel Spiral (Circular) Tuning

["Harmonicology [Neil Ashby]" <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Winslow's point is that the naming convention should be such that the harmonica is labeled according the fully available SCALE regardless of whereat that scale starts on the harmonica; that seems to be the correct standard.

The circular-tuned harmonica that has the full G-Major scale would be (correctly) labeled as "G" instead of being Sydel mislabeled as "D".

/Neil Ashby (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025/ ")

On Friday, May 23, 2014 at 3:55 PM, "Robert Hale" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Harmonicology [Neil Ashby] <
>harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Was there any reason ... that Seydel put the tonic on draw-2 
>instead of
>> draw-1?
>
>
>I like that Seydel spirals feel like 2P from D2 to B6. Keep in 
>mind that
>any repeating pattern could begin and end at any hole on the harp. 
>I think
>Pat Missin's site has some discussion of spirals that begin with 
>the tonic
>on D3, for example.
>
>Robert Hale
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