[Harp-L] The DM48 can play 24 notes or more on a single hole!

[Michael Rubin]

Don't forget the octave shifter!

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 2:11 AM, Shirley, John <John_Shirley at xxxxx> wrote:

> Seriously.
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> I just posted another video demonstrating just that: 24 notes on a single
> hole. This is simply a proof of concept/demo video, but I hope it will
> inspire creative thinking about possible uses of this exciting new
> instrument.
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> The Lekholm DM48 MIDI harmonica’s two “slider” buttons let users play up
> to 8 notes on a single hole. When you include bends, you can easily
> increase that to 16… or 24+ with some practice and programming.
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> https://youtu.be/TdAqr73qcUU?list=PLD-VQNdNliVTGe5Hqxn8MDTsOjlkFIu9I
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> My last video demonstrated how the DM48 can be used to play multiple
> instrument sounds on a single song, but it also utilized the sliders to
> increase note availability for the walking bass lines squeezing them all
> into convenient symmetrical patterns on the first 3 holes. Furthermore, by
> taking advantage of synthesizer logic algorithms, the five different
> keyboard chords were all triggered on a single hole! That left 8 holes free
> to solo in a Richter style tuning.
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> That video:
> https://youtu.be/l7Qu_sTLBT8
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> John Shirley, Professor of Music
> UMass Lowell
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