Re: [Harp-L] Tone-Generator for Practice of Bending

["HarpNinja" <harpninja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can easily do this with http://harpninja.com 
Just press the notes on either the harmonica or piano keyboard to hear the
tone for that note, which you can match by playing - in addition to checking
visually with the real time pitch recognition. 

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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 01:36:14 +0100
From: Michael Snowden <mike.snowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Tone-Generator for Practice of Bending
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I used to use a cheap chromatic tumer - a TU-80, which came with both a
contact clip-on mike and an onboard mike.  I could either play a note and
watch the tuning, or I could set it into "reference tone" mode, and match
the note.


Mike


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 From: Harmonicology [Neil Ashby] <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, 7 July 2014, 14:43
Subject: [Harp-L] Tone-Generator for Practice of Bending
 

Three years ago the following comment by "The Iceman" [5/20/11] was posted
on Harp-L which comment states the advantages associated with using of the
Tone-Generator as compared to (for example) Bendometer:

"If one [sic] needs to use an external source to help with this concept,
I've experienced great success by having the pitch desired created by a tone
generator (some tuners have this built in, a synth, organ or keyboard works
well). Let the pitch or tone hang in the air and then play the harmonica and
match your bend to it. It is fun to fine tune the technique and feel the
sensation when it matches the generated tone - after a dissonant sound and
pulsing waves that slow as you approach the correct pitch, it flatlines when
you nail it. Lots of fun to do with the eyes closed. Nice tactile sensation
that helps reinforce with positive feelings the proper technique and
placement of the note you create."

Here are a couple of _current_ links for the software for OS-X and (yuck)
Windows:

For OS-X -> " http://www.nch.com.au/tonegen/tonegenmaci.zip ";

For Windows -> " http://www.nch.com.au/action/tnsetup.exe ".

/Neil (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025 ")