Fw: equal and just tuned harmonicas

["Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <alciere@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: equal and just tuned harmonicas


>
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> From: <alciere@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:35 AM
> Subject: equal and just tuned harmonicas
>
>
> >
> > Rick Epping wrote a good article on just and equal tunings on
harmonicas.
> > Here's the URL:
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Theater/2845/harmonicas/tuning.txt
> >
> > If you have problems with the chords and octaves on a Lee Oskar you will
> > have problems with chords and octaves on a piano or a guitar tuned to a
> > tuner since they are tuned to an equal scale.The old harps were just
> tuned,
> > so an equal tuned harp won't quite cover the old blues classics,
especialy
> > the 5th hole.
> >
> > If you want to play traditional gamelon music you will need a completely
> > different tuning.
> >
> > Rainbow Jimmy
> > http://www.spaceanimals.com
> > http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals
> >
> Hi,
> I concur with Jimmy's post, and in addition, go to Pat Missin's site
> http://www.patmissin.com as he has an excellent site that talks about this
> with sound files that you can hear the differences between just and equal
> both as individual notes, and as chords throughout the entire diatonic
> harmonica in the key of C.
>
> As Jimmy says, equal won't cover the classics, as ALL the old masters used
> just tuned harps (tho the just tuning used in many of today's harps is
> different than what was used back then). The GM was one of the very first
> diatonics tuned equal that I'm aware of in nearly 30 years of pro playing
> experience, coming out around 1974.
>
> Sincerely,
> Barbeque Bob Maglinte
> Boston, MA
>