[Harp-L] New tuning #1

[Roger Myerson]

Hi Jeremy:
I have been playing fourkey tuning since 2009.  I have explored a lot of 
other tunings, but ultimately this has been the one for me.
In the past few years, I have been developing arrangements of classical 
music pieces for a little 10-hole fourkey harmonica.  You can see them 
performed by a player with very limited ability (me) at
https://home.uchicago.edu/~rmyerson/classical4key.htm
But the best examples of what a great player can do with a fourkey 
harmonica are Jazmaan's videos from 2009:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Thib725Ig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5un0JAkWoc
I hope to see you at SPAH this summer.
-Roger


> Date: Mon, 1 May 2023 11:58:15 -0500
> From: Gary Lehmann<gnarlyheman at xxxxx>
> To: Jeremy Uejio<jazzju at xxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] New tuning #1
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> I am down with the Fourkey.
> Today I am working on other people?s harps but send me a number and I will gladly chat.
> Gary
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 1, 2023, at 11:40 AM, Jeremy Uejio<jazzju at xxxxx>  wrote:
>>
>> ?
>> Have you ever tried fourkey tuning?  It takes getting used to and doesn't have a lot of common chords.  They come in different keys as well.  I have one which is tuned:
>>
>> Blow:
>> G-Bb-C-Eb-F-G-Bb-C-Eb-F
>> Draw:
>> A-B-D-E-F#-A-B-D-E-F#
>>
>> This means that you can play every note in the chromatic scale with just two bends (Ab and Db). It also means that you can play in 4 keys without any bends.  So, in my case, I have the keys of C, F, G, and Bb.   It has just under a 2 octave range so it's quite limited, but it turns out that it roughly is in the same range as my voice (except for the high F and F#), so if I can sing a song, then I can play it.  Haha!
>>
>> I started combining my fourkey tuned harp with a circular tuned harp (in C) so that I can play some common chords and that works out pretty well.
>>
>> I would be happy to discuss or demo fourkey tunings with you offline.
>>
>>
>> jeremy
>>

-- 
Roger B. Myerson, David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
1307 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
http://home.uchicago.edu/~rmyerson/