Re: [Harp-L] Poor Man's Chord harp--Diatonic Diminished tuning

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sorry to be too lazy to try and figure out from the chord 
structure how this tuning is laid out.  Can you tell me what the 
note sequence is?  How does it compare to the "standard" diminished 
tuning for diatonics?

-tim

Gary Lehmann wrote:
> I just retuned an unsuspecting LO in C to a half-whole scale-so 
> it's two diminished seventh arpeggios, one for draw, one for blow.
> 
> I didn't see this tuning in Pat Missin's list-odd, since it gives 
> you a chromatic scale with the half step bends. And lots of fun to 
> jam on.
> 
> I actually jumped a flat five at hole 7 blow, as the retunings 
> were too severe--draw is still minor thirds tho.
> 
> And speaking of points, here is mine-this instrument gives two of 
> the missing chords not produced with my other diatonic harps, thus 
> enabling a fuller chord capability without dropping a grand on a 
> real instrument.
> 
> I find that the major cross tuning gives all the diatonic chords: 
> I is Draw 2,3,4 , ii is Blow 3,4,5, iii is Draw 3,4,5, IV is Blow 
> 4,5,6, V7 is Blow 1,2,3,4, vi is Draw 1,2,3,4, and there is a vii 
> chord on Blow 2,3,4,5.