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Arbite
139 posts
Dec 11, 2011
1:25 AM
What happens to Diminished Players?

It seems like they pop up with Some really Cool stuff, Then they disappear,

AC Blue's playing got me real excited, But there is only one Clip of his playing,

When this popped up i thought AWESOME, But There are no clips, And 1 Update 3 months Ago, Bummer =(
http://diminishedharmonica.blogspot.com/

Alfred Hirsch, 4 song on myspace, Posted dont know how long ago, And seems like no new material is coming either,

Whats going on here? Are they all Eaten And enslaved by some mysterious Force?




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Gnarly
131 posts
Dec 12, 2011
12:01 PM
I have a friend in North Carolina who plays dimi slide--Grant Osbourne.
I like bebop enough to stick with it (chromatic).
As far as dimi diatonic, I have no idea.
HarpNinja
1992 posts
Dec 12, 2011
12:21 PM
Someone on Twitter asked me when I was going to switch to diminished tuning. I think they are being snapped up and held with the aliens from Rosewell. They are probably all jamming in a basement bar of Area 51.

I just don't see how aliens and abduction can't not be part of what is going on here.
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Mike
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jim
1076 posts
Dec 12, 2011
12:48 PM
@Mike:

Watch out, you're next LOL


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HarpNinja
1995 posts
Dec 12, 2011
12:56 PM
I am wearing my foil had and only playing Richter. I've probably already said too much.
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Mike
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Gnarly
132 posts
Dec 12, 2011
8:53 PM
I like chords on a harmonica.
The only chords on a diminished harmonica are those weird "tie her to the railroad tracks" chords.
They ARE gnarly, however . . .
AC
33 posts
Dec 12, 2011
9:03 PM
Arbite, thanks for the kind words regarding my playing. I'm still at it with the diminished and I love it, although I've also been playing a lot more regular Richter (Gnarly is right about the chords, and I miss them on the diminished as well) and also a lot of regular tuned chromatic). As long as it has reeds, right?

Here's my recent "demo" played on a diminished special 20 made by Jim (couple posts above, hat and Seydel shirt). Jim's work is absolutely amazing.

This is a quick impro on one of the Guitar Center backing tracks. I hope I won't screw up the embedded link as I have done several times in the past :).

geordiebluesman
523 posts
Dec 13, 2011
12:45 AM
Wow AC lovely tone and phrasing my man!
jim
1078 posts
Dec 13, 2011
1:23 AM
@AC: it is awesome, go for it, you can already throw richters away.

If you're curious how I use your fireball, I posted my last recording somewhere earlier on board :-)

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AC
34 posts
Dec 13, 2011
9:19 PM
Thanks geordiebluesman!

@Jim - I listened to "Toccata & Fugue in D minor", sounds really, really cool. That low tuning is insane. Sounds like the Fireball is a good match for you!
Arbite
144 posts
Dec 13, 2011
11:36 PM
Sweet Sounding n Awesome runs, Keep Posting your Stuff, I love listening to it
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AC
35 posts
Dec 14, 2011
9:39 PM
Thanks Arbite. I am working on some solo material that will include diminished harmonica and I will post some tunes as they become ready.
wheel
74 posts
Feb 26, 2012
5:26 AM
Last weekend my diminished harmonica arrived. Played on it only on this weekend. So here is result. Please don't be very strict to me :)

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isaacullah
1816 posts
Feb 26, 2012
5:54 AM
Hi there wheel! Sounds very good, especially considering you'd only had three days to get used to the new layout! Very jazzy. I might have to try me one of these diminished tunings soon. I'm starting to rack up the number of alternate tunings I play! At this point, I really rely on natural minor harps and my own variant of the richter extended tuning, and I've just started tuning the 7 draw a half-step down on all my regular richters (a la Todd Parrot). I'm still trying to get more usage out of my Powerbenders, and I'm also considering trying out the "easy third" reggae tuning (3 blow down a full step), but sort of married with my Richter Extended tuning (so that would be 3 AND 6 blow down a fullstep, 5 and 6 up a full step, and perhaps 7 up a full step too). Anyway, I'm rambling on a bit, but I'm trying to say that the altered tuning bug has bit me in a major way, and hearing your playing on that track has now made me quite curious to play diminished as well!

Cheers,

~Isaac
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wheel
75 posts
Feb 26, 2012
6:08 AM
isaacullah, thank you so much! Altered tuning for me is also alternative to overblows. :) I'm very bad overblower. I like to use natural minor harp (A and D minor), some times I use them for major. I also used melody maker and country tuning. And I have a 7 harp set with 7 hole adjusted. :)
My opinion on diminished is - its the best to play melodies and jazzy tunes. I tried to play blues on it - its possible and I got some new lines on it but I miss octaves with flutters, some double stops etc.
Now I think about 2 more diminished harmonicas to more easy playing.
Again thank you for comment!
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Arbite
149 posts
Feb 26, 2012
7:02 AM
Sweet stuff.

Iv been playing around with my dimi harp the last months.

http://youtu.be/_EE85TxXavc

I'll get a link up soon with me doing red haired boy soon
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Arbite
150 posts
Feb 26, 2012
7:10 AM
I absolutely love Diminished tuning.

Iam not getting another key.
I have my 10 hole 1847 tuned diminished A first blow.

Reason for not getting another key. Well as I have found. Most songs modulate so you end up in all 3 positions anyway. So I would think a good way of screwing it up would be getting a key that changes the positions.

So only other dimi harp I would get would be Eb to get the low register.


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wheel
76 posts
Feb 27, 2012
6:20 AM
Arbite, thank you. I'm newbie in diminished so I could not tell for sure if I need another dimi harp, I need to learn more songs in other keys. I think to learn a song is the best way to learn instrument.
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Arbite
151 posts
Feb 29, 2012
12:03 AM
Wheel, If you go to HarperClub forum there is an Diminished Category in the Alternative Tunings Section,

If you want to discuss further, =)

http://www.harperclub.com


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wheel
79 posts
Mar 01, 2012
8:04 AM
Arbite, thank you for invitation! When I will know something new, I will post it there :)
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