Re: Re: stacked diatonic harmonica?

Thanks Rex

What i think is interesting is that during harmonica development no
one seems to have thought that stacking a diatonic is no different to
the Hohner Double Bass or similar types. A 12 hole soloist with
another above tuned c# is a slideless chromatic - cheaper and better
than a Koch.

What is interesting is that Lee Oskar thought something along these
lines as he put two slots either side in his diatonics but took the
idea no further. Anyone able to contact him and ask... i'd be very
grateful!

james

2008/10/3 Rex <[email protected]>:
> That is definitly one workable option. Especially if you like to drop
> chords into your playing. On the few tunes that I play using two
> harps I find myself usually using harps tuned a 5th (up, or a 4th
> going down) apart. For instance, on "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"
> you can play the first part on a G harp in 12 position (key of C). If
> you play this in first position on a C Richter harp you have the
> problem of the missing A in the lower octave. But 12th position on
> the G will not allow the bend in the bridge part of the tune and it
> has a missing note also (the F# needs to be an F). So I switch to a C
> harp and play that part in first position. Then back to a G to
> finish. I do not bolt the harps together. As far as switching for
> just one note, I don't do that. I will switch harps to play an entire
> section of the tune and pick an easy spot to make the switch.
> I've never had a chromatic, most of the tunes I want to play do not
> need one. The chrome players seem to complain about windsavers a lot
> and I want to keep my harps simple and easy to maintain. If you want
> to play classical music my method would not work, but for the Gospel
> and Old Time tunes I like it works fine.
>
> --- In [email protected], "James Freer" <jessejazza2@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> True. When i started playing i wasn't keen on a chromatic and
> efforts
>> at bending were ok for a semitone on easier holes. When i learnt
> about
>> asian playing of tremolo i thought stacking was worth pursuing for
> me
>> as i wasn't keen on tremolo (i do wonder how accurate tuning of
>> tremolos can be if a 10 hole can be out by 20% which is what i've
>> read.
>>
>> Soloist are available but there is little choice... Hering being the
>> best imho. I didn't get round to tuning a soloist from C to Db.
>> Playing a soloist on its own and bending gives you
>> [hole] note
>> [1]Db [2]Gb  [3]Ab [4]C (already got) [5]Db [6]Gb [7]Ab [8]C
> (already
>> got) [9]Db [10]Gb [11]Ab [12]C (already got)
>>
>> I thought one was better off with 10 holes and a key C and Db. This
> is
>> koch tuning. One misses out with five notes but gains the chords...
>> and more choice of harp. Missing notes are lower octave - F, A, Gb,
> Bb
>> and upper octave B. I thought that was a better compromise.
>>
>> am i right?
>>
>> thanks
>> james
>>
>> 2008/9/24 Rex <beads594@...>:
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>> > The stacked diatonic is still not fully chromatic in the lower or
> upper
>> > octave. A stacked solo tuned would be. Two Melody Maker tuned
> harps a
>> > half step apart would give you two chromatic octaves, but you
> would
>> > have to tune one harp yourself because all keys are not available
> from
>> > Oskar.
>> >
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