Re: [Harp-L] Re: full octave on 2 holes?

["Larry L. Ravlin" <sheepdip@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to get back in here one more time.  A Chromatic scale is 12 notes
seperated by 1/2 semitone.  You are NOT going to get that on two holes of
ANY harmonica.  I don't care if you have the harp surgically installed on
the forward nacelle of a 737 and plan on drawing the notes to the furthest
reaches of the netherland.

Lawrence

----- Original Message -----
From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:24 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: full octave on 2 holes?


>
> --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Original Message ----
> >From: bbhcfr@xxxx
> >To: barnum@xxxx, harp-l@xxxx
> >Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Howard Levy playing a 12 hole harp?
> >Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:43:44 +0100 (CET)
> >
> >>
> >>Well, I know some people able to get a full chromatic scale on two
> >holes on a richter diatonic!
>
>
> That's not possible.
>
> ==============Winslow writes:
>
> You quite sure of that, Chris? The original poster did not say a full
> OCTAVE of a chromatic scale, but let's assume that's what he meant.
>
> Let's say you take Holes 2 and 3 of a standard C-harp.
>
> Let's say you can bend Blow 2 down to D, C# or maybe C.
>
> And let's say you can bend Overblow 3 up from C to something higher
> like C#, D, or Eb.
>
> That's a potential range of low C to high Eb - an octave and three
> semitones.
>
> With a Discrete Comb, all these bends are possible and not terribly
> hard for an accomplished bender/overblower.
>
> I bet you could do it.
>
> OK, Richter technically refers to the comb and reedplate costruction
> and the split cells of a Discrete Comb may not fir the strict
> definition.
>
> But a Suzuki Overdrive does fit the strict Richter definition, and it
> has the same capability.
>
> Winslow
>
>
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