HarpNinja
498 posts
Jun 08, 2010
12:58 PM
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Regarding tuning, there is a lot you can do with Richter tuning, especially when thinking modally. I don't need to buy a harmonic minor tuned harmonica when I can play 4th position with no overblows. Dorian is there too, but I concede that there are "missing" notes - but that is an issue with other tunings as well. For example, the Diminished tuning doesn't give you three complete octaves either.
Major playing? You can play 1st, 11th, and 12th in multiple octaves without overbending.
I 100% agree with the notion that playing a position/style just to show techniques isn't the best way to make music, which was hinted at by Jim and several others here (some in different posts). I personally don't use non-Richter harps very often, but I do like what other have done with them.
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jim
133 posts
Jun 08, 2010
1:30 PM
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Diminished doesn't have 3 octaves, but Augmented does.
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hvyj
394 posts
Jun 08, 2010
2:26 PM
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@jim: I don't get this: "I think one shouldn't be so categoric about sp20. They are much more comfortable to play than GM,"
huh? For shear comfort, it's tough to to beat a GM. I'm not a Hohner fan anyway, but Sp 20s are smaller and have sharper corners than GMs, which have an easier body to grip and full length covers. The ergonomics of a GM are great, whether or not one likes how they sound or how they play. I don't understand how one can conclude Sp 20s are more comfortable to play than GMs
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jim
135 posts
Jun 08, 2010
11:38 PM
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All I can do is repeat what I said:
I wouldn't be so categoric.
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jim
136 posts
Jun 08, 2010
11:39 PM
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I wouldn't be so categoric...
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GermanHarpist
1534 posts
Jun 09, 2010
1:54 AM
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Haha lol, I'm with jim on that one. I actually think Sp20 to be more comfortable. :)
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