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Converting Richter TABs to PowerBender TABs
Converting Richter TABs to PowerBender TABs
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Maraboy
35 posts
Dec 14, 2017
2:03 PM
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Converting Richter diatonic harmonica TABs to the Powerbender TABs:
Holes 1 to 4 are the same so +1=>+1 and -1 => -1 etc.
From the hole 5 onwards transform goes as follows:
Richter => PB
+5 => -5
-5 => +6
+6 => -6
-6 => +7
+7 => +8
-7 => -7
+8 => +9
-8 => -8
+9 => -9
-9 => -9’’
+10 => -10
-10 => +10
Some players like me, retune hole 3 blow reed in powerbender harmonica one whole step higher to remove redundancy the hole 2 drew reed being the same than hole 3 blow reed. In that case Richter tab -3’’ (hole 3 whole step bend) is +3 (hole 3 blow)
-3’’ => +3
As an example, start of Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town:
Richter harmonica:
+6+5-5+6+6+6-6-7+7+7+5-5+6+6+6-6+6-5-5+5+6+4+5-4-5-3+4
PowerBender
-6-5+6-6-6-6+7-7+8+8-5+6-6-6-6+7-6+6+6-5-6+4-5-4+6-3+4
I hope these are useful for somebody, mara
(could somebody check all this)
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20REEDS
43 posts
Dec 15, 2017
4:55 AM
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Seems like you put in a lot of effort,
At what point would it be better to just learn how to read music?
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nacoran
9682 posts
Dec 15, 2017
10:12 AM
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20Reeds, that doesn't solve the problem, really. You then have to learn where each note is on your different tunings. I can read music (haltingly) to sing bass parts or to play the piano. Not so much for harp- harp I do by ear. If I look at sheet music and it says play a C I still have to stop and think where my C's are on whatever harp I have in my hand.
And then the smoke from my ears starts to make me cough and I can't play anyway! :)
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Flbl
58 posts
Dec 15, 2017
10:20 AM
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Using tab and standard sheet music each have their own good and bad points, with tab you don't need to learn each key of harps note structure, for instance, with the tab Maraboy has above, you could use a G harp, jump to a C harp jump again to an F# harp and while the key would change the hole lay out would remain the same, though tab is limited, for a diatonic harp it's easier,
To do this reading music you must also learn the note lay out of at least all the harps in all the keys you want to play in, ultimately twelve keys or harps plus all the other notes created by bends overblows, overdraws, oh by the way you also have to learn to read music.
This can be done, but i think for most using tab is easier, at least for a diatonic harmonica.
Oh ya, I forgot about the smoke from the ears part.
Last Edited by Flbl on Dec 15, 2017 10:23 AM
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BeePee
42 posts
Dec 19, 2017
11:53 PM
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Thanks Maraboy!
While we're on the subject, another way I find is useful for reading music on harmonicas in multiple keys is the Jianpu system used widely in Asia. There the notes are given numbers according to their scale degree. So in C, C would be 1, D = 2, E = 3 and so on. They have lots of ways to know how to attack the note, how long to hold it etc, as in Western notation, but the benefit is that you can instantly play in any key without changing the score.
Here is some information on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_musical_notation
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