[Harp-L] Seydel releases Tony Eyers Major Cross harmonica

[Tony Eyers]

Hi all,

At the end of the day, we choose a tuning which best suits individual 
needs. For most, this is the standard Richter tuning. I use Richter a 
lot, and love it, but for tunes I generally use Major Cross. Rather than 
discussing details, it's perhaps best to just hear how a particular 
tuning sounds, and go from there.

To that end, try http://tonyeyers.com/hear-music/ or the video clips at 
http://tonyeyers.com/tony-eyers-trio/

These mostly feature Major Cross harmonicas.

Cheers,

Tony


On 7/02/2017 1:36 PM, Dennis Michael Montgomery wrote:
> I am not knocking playing cross harp. If I'm knocking anything it's 
> wasting money on gemics.
>
> And my question is still not answered. Why play a fifth with all the 
> notes in it cross harp when you can play all the notes straight harp? 
> What is the difference? I understood that this Major Cross tuning was 
> to eliminate bending. The bending I understand slows the playing down 
> when playing bluegrass or Irish music. If you want to get rid of the 
> bending problems and play all the notes why not play straight harp or 
> employ the Seydel spiral tune or Orchestra S?
>
>
> On Sunday, February 5, 2017 10:24 AM, Michael Rubin 
> <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Because of bending physics you will still be able to bend to any 
> keyboard note in between the blow and draw notes and any quartertone 
> between a blow and draw note 1/3 step apart.
>
> But the purpose of cross harp is not bending. It is playing in a key a 
> fifth above the name of the harp.
>
> There are many ways of playing cross harp. Don't knock it until you 
> have spent years trying to get the most out of it.
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
>
> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 11:10 AM Dennis Michael Montgomery 
> <gaulay2 at xxxxx <mailto:gaulay2 at xxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Something here does't make sense. I thought the idea of playing
>     cross harp was to get that bluesy sound of the blues and/or that
>     high lonesome sound of blugrass by bending the notes. Is this new
>     tuning going to allow you to get that? If the player wants to play
>     in G without the trouble of bending why not get a harmonica in G
>     or High G and play straight harp? If that doesn't suit you perhaps
>     the Seydel spiral tune or the Orchestra S?
>
>     I don't see the advantage of this tuning and think it is silly.
>
>
>     On Sunday, February 5, 2017 8:56 AM, Michael Rubin
>     <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx
>     <mailto:michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx>> wrote:
>
>
>     Congratulations.
>     Michael Rubin
>     michaelrubinharmonica.com <http://michaelrubinharmonica.com/>
>
>     On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Robert Hale <robert at xxxxx
>     <mailto:robert at xxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     > How will Major Cross compare with Spiral?
>     >
>     > Robert Hale
>     > Serious Honkage in Arizona
>     > youtube.com/DUKEofWAIL <http://youtube.com/DUKEofWAIL>
>     > DUKEofWAIL.com
>     >
>     >
>     > On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Tony Eyers <tony at xxxxx
>     <mailto:tony at xxxxx>> wrote:
>     >
>     > > Around 20 years ago I devised a harmonica tuning for fast
>     bluegrass and
>     > > Irish tunes, and called it Major Cross. It has Major Scale
>     notes in the
>     > > second or "cross" position used by most players. Major Cross
>     requires no
>     > > bending, so fast tunes are much easier to play.
>     > >
>     > > While some players have adopted Major Cross, the instruments
>     have been
>     > > hard to find.
>     > >
>     > > Not anymore. Seydel have released a Major Cross model, which
>     is now
>     > > available "off the shelf".
>     > >
>     > > The instrument has a distinctive blue comb. Needless to say,
>     I'm proud to
>     > > announce my own harmonica model. Check it out at the Seydel
>     Major Cross
>     > > page below, which has video explanations etc. If the page
>     comes up in
>     > > German, just hit the red "Switch to English" button.
>     > >
>     > > I'm (almost) always the only harmonica player at fast
>     bluegrass and Irish
>     > > sessions, the Major Cross harmonicas allow me to keep up. Some
>     of you may
>     > > be joining me soon, now that Major Cross instruments are
>     easily had.
>     > >
>     > > http://seydel1847.de/majorcross
>     > > <http://seydel1847.de/majorcross>
>     > > ----------
>     > > Tony Eyers
>     > > Australia
>     > > www.HarmonicaAcademy.com <http://www.harmonicaacademy.com/>
>     > > everyone plays...
>     > >
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