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Suzuki SSCH-56 compact chord harmonica
Suzuki SSCH-56 compact chord harmonica
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Gnarly
784 posts
Nov 18, 2013
3:21 PM
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Hi--
I don't think I have made mention of this harmonica on this list, and it's about to become available in the States, so I thought it might be of interest to some here.
It's called the Chord56, and it is capable of creating chords in all keys--all major and minor triads, as well as 7th chords (dominant), and all diminished and augmented triads.
The new chord harp is built on the Sirius56 frame and, although the parts are not identical, some are interchangeable. Silver mouth piece, phosphor bronze reeds, sounds great and fits in your pocket.
Here are some links to some spreadsheets I created.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvaoJwxmui4udEZYTVFBVlpta3VLUWFqUzY4bG5WbGc&usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvaoJwxmui4udDhBaUp4RENLeVBTY2h6WndLdUN1b0E#gid=0
I don't have any sound files at this point, but I spent some time with it at SPAH 2012, and am really excited about it!
According to our website http://www.suzukimusic.com/harmonicas/CHORD56/, we are accepting orders for this harmonica, and it will ship in December, so our vendors (Rockin' Ron, New Harmonica.com, Harmonicas and Stuff, Elderly, etc) should have it before the new year. List price is $699.
Winslow Yerxa stopped by and played it a little, and he was doing some tongue splits that got you very exotic voicings. Here's what Winslow had to say on another forum:
"It's 56-reed, 14-hole harmonica with just one slide, and Sirius-shaped cover plates in a metallic brown-ish color. An ingenious arrangement of notes allows you to play all the primary chord triad types and many interesting extensions and combinations. Suzuki has a note layout chart color coded to show how you can access the various types just by where you start a three-hole combination (the "start" point is the leftmost of the three holes). Filip Jers was playing it and getting some cool chord progressions on tunes like "All of Me.""
Last Edited by Gnarly on Nov 18, 2013 3:27 PM
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WinslowYerxa
415 posts
Nov 18, 2013
7:56 PM
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It.s a cool harp. I'd enjoy working out with it more. I never did get the chance to see whether I could coax some bluesy chords out of it, but I bet it's possible . . . .
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Winslow
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Gnarly
786 posts
Nov 18, 2013
8:08 PM
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I am sure you can bend notes on it, and it's fully chromatic.
I bet it's bluesier than a big chord harp . . .
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WinslowYerxa
416 posts
Nov 18, 2013
8:54 PM
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Bending isn't all that important - look at how the standard chromatic harmonica has adapted nicely to blues in third position. It's more a matter of finding chords and chord fragments that glow against the background and combine in good ways. And - this is important - that it can be found or coaxed out the harp in an intuitive way. Once someone finds the path, it can become blindingly obvious to everyone.
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Winslow
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Gnarly
990 posts
Apr 21, 2014
10:00 PM
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So I am still on about this harp, and have started a Facebook group.
Check it out at https://www.facebook.com/groups/chord56/
Ciao . . .
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