Gnarly
2607 posts
Dec 23, 2018
12:36 AM
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Hi--
I had an idea, so I ordered a Lucky 13 from Ron yesterday afternoon.
It arrived today.
That is worthy of note, just for that--but that is not the reason I am posting.
My idea was to use the extra notes on the bottom of the Lucky 13 to provide the missing chord for blues.
The harp I ordered was the D, so the extra notes on the bottom are a D chord and an A chord.
I raised the blow notes up a whole step, so now the D harp has an E chord on the bottom.
That is the missing chord for cross harp.
Haven't played it much, just a little, but it does the trick.
It would be better if it were voiced higher, but those reeds are really hard, tough to retune, so I will leave it as is for now. Besides, the scale worked out, so I have a complete major scale (key of A) starting on the bottom note for an octave and a third--holes 3-5 are tuned like the ED harmonica!
Here is the tuning, video will come eventually.
| E f# | G# a | B c# | D e | F# a | A c# | D e | F# g | A b | D c# | F# e | A g | D b |
Last Edited by Gnarly on Dec 23, 2018 12:39 AM
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