The Richter-tuned harmonica, 10-hole harmonica (in Asia) or blues harp (in America), is the most widely known type of harmonica. It is a variety of diatonic...
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harmonica is a diatonic Richter-tuned instrument with ten air passages and twenty reeds, often called a blues harp. A harmonica reed is a flat, elongated...
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their limited number of holes or keys. The lower portion of a Richter-tuned harmonica is designed to play the tonic and dominant chords on the blow and...
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associated note. Chromatic harmonicas are traditionally tuned to solo tuning, which has a similar layout to the diatonic's Richter tuning except that it eliminates...
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Overblowing (section Harmonica)
important modern technique among players of some harmonica types, notably the standard Richter-tuned harmonica or blues harp. Combined with note bending, it...
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A tremolo harmonica is a type of diatonic harmonica, distinct by having two reeds per note. In a tremolo harmonica, the two reeds are tuned slightly off...
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If we use a solo-tuned harmonica instead of richter-tuned, it will be in 3rd position, a ii-minor key. So in the case of a C harmonica, it will be in the...
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Chromatic harmonica, a type of harmonica with a button-activated sliding bar Glass harmonica, or glass harmonium, a type of friction idiophone Richter-tuned harmonica...
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Howard Levy (category American harmonica players)
missing chromatic notes in the Richter-tuned diatonic harmonica. In 1995, he performed the "Harmonia Mundi Suite for Harmonica and Chamber Ensemble" in Chicago...
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Traditionally, this tuning is used with chromatic harmonicas, as opposed to the more common and popular diatonic harmonicas, which use Richter tuning. The first...
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Diminished tuning is a system of choosing the reeds for a diatonic wind instrument (such as a harmonica or accordion) in which the blow notes repeat a...
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Hohner (category Harmonica manufacturers)
the same fashion as chromatic harmonicas, but possess the Richter tuning found in typical 10-hole diatonic harmonicas. Like the Educator 10, both are...
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initial sequence.[citation needed] For example: Diminished tuning Richter tuning Solo tuning Sethares (2001, p. 56) Zemb, Patrick (15 August 2007). "Sommaire...
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rocks the Peak with classic favorites, new tunes". Times News Online. Retrieved October 8, 2021. Richter, Alison (February 1, 2012). "Interview: Producer/Musician...
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Quarter tone (section Equal-tempered tuning systems)
24 equal temperament, was made by 19th-century music theorists Heinrich Richter in 1823 and Mikhail Mishaqa about 1840. Composers who have written music...
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C. A. Seydel Söhne (category Harmonica manufacturers)
and six colors. The blues version is tuned like the first six holes of a standard diatonic. The folk version is tuned to holes 4–9 on a standard diatonic...
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Brendan Power (redirect from Brendan Power (harmonica player))
has created several new harmonica tunings including Paddy Richter and PowerBender, and has introduced several new harmonica types, including the Slide...
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pattern devised around 1826 by Bohemian designer Joseph Richter for use in a harmonica (Richter tuning). Five buttons of each row are on each side. The two...
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member Aaron Embry – piano, organs; previously keyboards, piano, vocals, harmonica as a main band member Roger Joseph Manning Jr – piano Nathaniel Markman...
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Background Vocals on "Trapeze" Jim Hoke – Baritone & Tenor Saxophone, Bass Harmonica Anthony LaMarchina – Cello Doug Lancio – Guitar, Autoharp JD Foster -...
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Darken – drums, percussion David Henry – cello (5, 10) Jonathan Yudkin – harmonica (6), viola (6), bass (6, 11), string arrangements (6, 11), sitar (11)...
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eclectic musical tastes. Her uncle, Floyd Johnson, introduced her to the harmonica and the blues of such renowned musicians as T-Bone Walker, Memphis Slim...
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center for studying the history of brass instruments. The Alan Bates Harmonica Collection and Archives (Wilmington, Delaware), received as a gift in...
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Christen inwendiges Leben" (Schemelli #572; tune #40) V Bc 39: 285 III/2.1: 178 after Z 6969; text by Richter 00526 457 6. 1735–1736 or earlier song "Es...
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each one representing a track. It was inspired by German artist Gerhard Richter (who is referenced in the album's opening track, "Love Etc."), specifically...
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necessity, a guitarist by aspiration and a harmonica player just to annoy people..." before jamming out on a harmonica. In 2009, Levine and composer Mac Quayle...
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characters play instruments (House plays the piano, the guitar, and the harmonica; Holmes, the violin) and take drugs (House is dependent on Vicodin; Holmes...
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4), string arrangements (tracks 2 and 9), string conducting (track 9), harmonica (track 4) Shepard Fairey – album cover design, logo design Fergie – vocals...
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in the first group tuned approximately a quarter-tone higher (four violins, a viola and a cello). As the group play, the one tuned higher inevitably tends...
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infielder, manager for Chicago Cubs (born in Texas) Big Walter Horton, harmonica player in Blues Hall of Fame Kathleen Horvath, pro tennis player Arnold...
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