Re: [Harp-L] re: History of Harmonica Tunings

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, as you were talking yesterday about the 2 kinds of people, I established that I had started on chromatic first. So from about 12 1/2 till 18 1/2 I was used to the one tuning. THEN I quit for about 30 years. And when I came back, I was used to the solo tuning and every time I tried something else, I had a terrible time. So, as I was saying the other day about being lazier than other players, I simply kept doing solo tuning. It had worked for me before, and I didn't want to spend the time re-learning. 

There are a multitude of reasons why people do the things with harmonica the way they do. Some involve time, some involve money, some involve position. Some day I may write something about it. But I DO get your point. And while I am a *severe* masochist, harmonica is one area where I don't seem to like pain. 

smo-joe 

On May 16, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Music Cal wrote:

> Smo-joe
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean. You blow. Your draw. You press a button :-) .
> 
> Daniel
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> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I HAD an augmented tuned chromatic. I tried for 6 weeks to get something out of it. But since I am one of those rare birds in the (1)a  grouping, and also cannot seem to be able to whistle and brush my teeth at the same time, it wasn't a surprise to me. :)
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> smo-joe
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> On May 16, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Music Cal wrote:
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> > All I am presently encouraging manufacturers to do is offer alt tunings at
> > a cost.
> >
> > Seydel does it.
> >
> > I would be will to pay more to get a Saxony from Seydel, a SCX from Suzuki,
> > or a CX12 from Hohner in my tuning (augmented-tuned chromatic).
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Daron Stinton <dstinton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >
> >> Just FYI, folks:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Suzuki has been offering our popular Manji harmonica here in the US in both
> >> country tuning and in harmonic minor, since January of 2014. Natural minor
> >> tunings are expected to be available around the time of SPAH later this
> >> summer.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> And even though we have had these tunings available for several months, no
> >> one seems to be interested in actually buying them. Sales of both alternate
> >> tunings have been ridiculously low.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I know a lot of harmonica players say they want alternate tunings to be
> >> available, but they sure aren't speaking with their wallets.at least, not
> >> yet.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> More info: http://www.suzukimusic.com/harmonicas/m20/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> So we make 'em.....but no one seems to have noticed or cared.
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> >>
> >> -Daron Stinton
> >>
> >> SUZUKI Music USA
> >>
> >> (800) 854-1594, ext. 44411
> >>
> >> dstinton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
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