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Lee Oskar Melody Maker
Lee Oskar Melody Maker
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Tom585
72 posts
May 20, 2018
7:59 PM
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Do any other harmonica companies make a harp with the major scale in second position same as the Lee Oskar Melody Maker?
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Gnarly
2485 posts
May 20, 2018
11:16 PM
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Seydel--they also make the Major Cross, which continues the "major cross harp" idea one step further by tuning the bottom 4 notes up to their next major scale note, thus making the scale complete, with no missing notes.
The chords are blow V7 and draw vi (or I6).
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Harmonicatunes
254 posts
May 22, 2018
3:59 AM
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What a great idea!
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Tony Eyers
Australia
www.HarmonicaAcademy.com
everyone plays...
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Gnarly
2488 posts
May 22, 2018
9:35 PM
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Oh, all right, intellectual property and all--Seydel produces the
"Tony Eyers model" . . .
Last Edited by Gnarly on May 22, 2018 9:38 PM
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AppalachiaBlues
168 posts
May 23, 2018
12:13 AM
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The Suzuki Manji is available in "Major 7th" tuning. This has the same draw 5 and draw 9 notes as the Melody Maker. Unlike the Melody Maker, it retains the blow 3 of Richter tuning as the root note in 2nd position. (I like keeping that 3-blow as a home note, when I need to exhale. Old habits die hard.)
There are many harps (Seydel, Manji, SP20, etc.) available in so-called "Country Tuning" which simply gives you the 5 draw of the Melody Maker, and leaves everything else as standard Richter. This layout plays the major scale. The reason it is called "country" is because Charlie McCoy plays them. But it is actually very useful for pop and jazz tunes where you need a major scale. However, you also don't lose the flatted 7th note of a Richter harp, because it allows you to bend the 5-hole draw. So it can still play blues like a Richter with that added bend. Of course, when you play a chord which includes the 5 draw, it will be a major chord.
I keep a few Country Tuned harps in my bag, and pull them out for non-blues numbers which need that major scale. (I have not mastered consistently good sounding overblows).
Having said that, I think the (Tony Ayers) Major Cross tuning is also an interesting solution, especially for playing bluegrass where you need to do those fast fiddle runs. I've not tried one yet, but it's on my HAS* wishlist.
* Harmonica Acquisition Syndrome
Last Edited by AppalachiaBlues on May 23, 2018 4:02 AM
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