[Harp-L] Modified Bebop Tuning

[Jeremy Uejio]

Thatʻs great!  I canʻt bend accurately.. and I canʻt do overblows, so a
richter diatonic is not very enjoyable for me for jazz.  I found a bebop
tuned chromatic works better for me. I experimented for a little while with
blu-Tack to make my bebop tuned into diminished tuning. I liked the
consistency of the tuning so for example, you can learn a lick in one key
and it transposes easily to 4 other keys.  However, I really missed being
able to play major chords and would easily get lost on the harmonica since
every hole has the exact same relative pitches..also didnʻt want to spend a
lot for real diminished harmonica. 😉 So, Iʻve been trying to come up with
a compromise... I even looked at augmented tuning, but that doesnʻt have
any minor chords.  I fiddled with mixing augmented for an octave and then
diminished... but, that got too confusing and also would be a full custom
harp price.

- jeremy

On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 10:54 PM Clarke Comollo <comollo at xxxxx> wrote:

> I play a lot of swing, jazz and bebop all on a richter diatonic
>
> > On Feb 5, 2024, at 12:24 AM, Jeremy Uejio <jazzju at xxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Anyone play Bebop tuning?  I have an idea...
> >
> > From Pat Missinʻs Altered States:
> >
> > 12.3f - BEBOP TUNING (See 5.6)
> >
> > BLOW SLIDE IN  C#  E#  G#  B   C#  E#  G#  B   C#  E#  G#  B
> > BLOW SLIDE OUT C   E   G   Bb  C   E   G   Bb  C   E   G   Bb
> > HOLE NUMBER    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12
> > DRAW SLIDE IN  D#  F#  A#  B#  D#  F#  A#  B#  D#  F#  A#  B#
> > DRAW SLIDE OUT D   F   A   B   D   F   A   B   D   F   A   B
> >
> > I tried changing the enharmonic A# in the DRAW SLIDE IN to an A instead:
> >
> > BLOW SLIDE IN  C#  E#  G#  B   C#  E#  G#  B   C#  E#  G#  B
> > BLOW SLIDE OUT C   E   G   Bb  C   E   G   Bb  C   E   G   Bb
> > HOLE NUMBER    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12
> > DRAW SLIDE IN  D#  F#  A   B#  D#  F#  A   B#  D#  F#  A   B#
> > DRAW SLIDE OUT D   F   A   B   D   F   A   B   D   F   A   B
> >
> > The advantage of this is that you get a full Cdim chord in the DRAW SLIDE
> > IN which includes an Am diad.  Also, this makes holes 2, 3, and 4 have
> the
> > same chromatic pattern--blow slide out, blow slide in, then draw slide
> in.
> >
> > This gives a lot of nice rootless dominant 7th chords that standard Solo
> > tuning doesnʻt have:  C7, Db7, D7, F7, G7, Ab7, B7
> >
> > Did I just invent a new tuning or is this just a modified Bebop tuning?
> 😁
> >
> > Thanks for reading this far,
> > - jeremy
>
>