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Hi. I literally blew my first note through a harmonica this afternoon, and I have a question. As I'm sure everyone here but me already knew, the diatonic harmonica has the low note of each hole on the blow reed and the high note on the draw reed for holes 1-6. Then on hole #7 this reverses.
My question is, why the reversal? Wouldn't it be easier to learn if the system was consistent throughout? Is there some practical reason to change it like that?
My question is, why the reversal? Wouldn't it be easier to learn if the system was consistent throughout? Is there some practical reason to change it like that?
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Re: Newbie Question on Diatonic Harps
Tue, February 1, 2005 - 11:22 PMit may have something to do with the fact that in bending notes you bend on the draw 1-6 and blowing to 7-10 -
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Re: Newbie Question on Diatonic Harps
Wed, February 2, 2005 - 12:27 PMRichard, I think that's a cart-before-the-horse sort of thing. As I understand bending the idea is to lower the high note on a hole a half step toward the lower reed. So the reason you draw-bend on 1-6 and blow-bend on 7-10 is just because of that low-high switch at hole #7.
I'm still wondering why they switch. Seems like it'd be easier to learn if it was kept the same all the way down. Then you'd always bend notes the same way, for example.
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Re: Newbie Question on Diatonic Harps
Fri, February 18, 2005 - 12:11 PMThe length of the reed. You can only draw bend so much until you have to bend upward. Its really no big thing. Most harp players are scared of the high notes because of change. Suggestion: Practice 7 to 10 at least 30 minutes a day and learn the major scale first on each harp. It's just like a piano.
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Re: Newbie Question on Diatonic Harps
Thu, March 24, 2005 - 6:28 PMAh, thanks Herb. Now it makes sense.
By the "major scale" do you mean the scale without bending? (I told you I was new at this!)
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Re: Newbie Question on Diatonic Harps
Wed, April 27, 2005 - 5:50 AMHarmonica's are made for being harmonic.
The inversion enables chords to be played simply.
Gilles.
