Re: [Harp-L] The POWERBENDER: an all-new 10 Hole Harp

[Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Brendan did not say what the tuning was in his video, so this is a pure guess, 
but I think it may be something like this:

BLOW  C  E  G  C  E  G  C  E  G  C
HOLE   1   2  3   4  5   6   7  8   9 10
DRAW  D  G  B  D  G  B  D  G  B  D

I'm thinking that basically, it is the first octave of a Richter harp repeated 
over the entire harp. 

Makes sense to call it a Power Bender... (Nice word play from Brendan Power), 
since you can bend on every hole. I suspect also that it may be trickier than 
you might imagine to play this harp well (as Brendan does so dramatically well 
in his video), unless you are VERY good at controlling, isolating and hitting 
all the draw bends perfectly (especially on the 3, 6 and 9 wholes). 

The getting good on the 3-draw is the nemesis of many an intermediate harp 
player, and now the fun is repeated on two other holes. 

It's a GREAT idea, however, and I'm no doubt going to pick one up (along with 
one of Brendan's instructional books), just as soon as I can. 

Harping in Colorado,
--Ken M. TeraBlu Band on My Space
http://www.myspace.com/terablu




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From: Doug H <dough.harpl@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Brendan Power <bren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 8:44:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] The POWERBENDER: an all-new 10 Hole Harp

I am very curious as to how this new harp is tuned.  I don't have a good enough 
ear to figure it out from the music on your video Brendan, but I guess I will 
find out soon enough.  I'm not going to SPAH but surely someone will post the 
tuning in the next few days. (?)

Doug H