[Harp-L] PowerBender in Public Use
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- Subject: [Harp-L] PowerBender in Public Use
- From: "Brendan Power" <bren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:37:00 -0000
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It takes a while to learn a new harmonica tuning, but some early adopters of
the PowerBender tuning are now starting to use it in public.
Canada's bluegrass maestro Mike Stevens is a total convert: I have made 14
Manji PowerBenders for him, and recently retuned 22 of his Filisko harps to
the tuning (10 reeds per harp = 220 reeds, a mind-bending job!). Mike told
me that he used the PowerBender for the first time on a recording session
today.
Another very talented player who has got his lips well round the PowerBender
is the young Russian harp tsar/star Alex Paclin. Check out his cool solo in
this video, on a PowerBender in A (2:20 onwards):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2cVOEX9jy4
More info here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNoxhd0EdLU
Brendan Power
WEBSITE: http://www.brendan-power.com
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/BrendanPowerMusic
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