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is the power bender for me?
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Dennis.b
2 posts
Dec 26, 2013
8:18 PM
hey guys just another harp head here, this is my 1ST post on the MBH forum although have followed Adam and his amazing playing and lessons on you tube for a couple of years. this is a post directed at players using the power bender tuning. have watched a few of brendans vids and still trying to grasp the concept .. Iam a player who can bend all of the first six holes on the harp and am quite limited to 2nd position up to the six blow i.e the blues scale. And am having trouble moving into the next octave, so is the power bender for me? any tips, pointers, theory, people learning power bending harp please comment. cheers

and thanks to all the youtube harp guys ADAM. LEE SANKEY , JASON RICCI, RONNIE SHELLIST , B.O.B , AND BRENDON,I'AM ALSO FROM N.Z AUCKLAND SO GOOD TO SEE A NZ PRO OUT THERE. THANKS FOR ALL YALL TIME AND GOOD WILL GONE INTO YOUR VIDEOS. Dennis.b
Gnarly
845 posts
Dec 26, 2013
10:42 PM
You should try the Power Bender to see if you like it, then you can make your mind up for yourself.
I am fond of his Power Chromatic tuning myself.
Looks like the Powerbender is available from Bren himself, no retuning necessary--
http://www.brendan-power.com/harmonicas.php#harps2
I myself like to tinker with harps, so don't mind doing the work, but this tuning requires quite a bit of change on the top end by virtue of the fact that all blow reeds are lower than draw reeds--might be better to go with his model.

Last Edited by Gnarly on Dec 27, 2013 12:44 PM
jim
1482 posts
Dec 28, 2013
2:06 AM
If you're limited, you'll stay limited since PB is basically the same thing in the low octave. You will still play 2nd pos - with some top octave bonus. But it will still be the same limitation.

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