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

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Winslow what's the point of testing my knowledge on something like
this?

Froggy said "Well, I know some people able to get a full chromatic
scale on two holes on a richter diatonic!" 


He used the word FULL  a FULL chromatic scale is twelve notes ie:
C Db D Eb E F F# G Ab A Bb B 

He used his sentence while mentioning Howard Levy and thus implies
that he thinks it is possible that Howard can do this.  You and I
know Howard better than most people so you very well know that Howard
doesn't use discrete combs and only uses Filisko Modified Marine Band
with Special 20 cover plates with black electricians tape on the
underneath of the cover plates if you want to be really specific.

I say again:
It is not possible to get a FULL chromatic scale out of any two holes
on a standard tuned diatonic. 






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>---- Original Message ----
>From: winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Re: full octave on 2 holes?
>Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:24:29 -0000
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>>--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chris Michalek"
><Chris@xxxx> 
>>wrote:
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>>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)
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>>>>Well, I know some people able to get a full chromatic scale on two
>>>holes on a richter diatonic! 
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>>That's not possible.
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>>==============Winslow writes:
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>>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.
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>>Let's say you take Holes 2 and 3 of a standard C-harp.
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>>Let's say you can bend Blow 2 down to D, C# or maybe C.
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>>And let's say you can bend Overblow 3 up from C to something higher 
>>like C#, D, or Eb. 
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>>That's a potential range of low C to high Eb - an octave and three 
>>semitones.
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>>With a Discrete Comb, all these bends are possible and not terribly 
>>hard for an accomplished bender/overblower. 
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>>I bet you could do it.
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>>OK, Richter technically refers to the comb and reedplate costruction
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>>and the split cells of a Discrete Comb may not fir the strict 
>>definition. 
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>>But a Suzuki Overdrive does fit the strict Richter definition, and
>it 
>>has the same capability.
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>>Winslow
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Chris Michalek

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