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| <h2>IMPORTED REVISION FROM WIKISPACES</h2>
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| : This revision was by author [[User:hstraub|hstraub]] and made on <tt>2011-08-31 05:05:35 UTC</tt>.<br>
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| The revision contents are below, presented both in the original Wikispaces Wikitext format, and in HTML exactly as Wikispaces rendered it.<br>
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| <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">=Microtonal harmonica=
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| All instruments with free metal reeds can, principally, be retuned. In the case of harmonicas, it is even sort of common practice - just a little tricky, though.
| | There are quite a number of videos in the web showing step by step how retuning is done, for example by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQqMIhBCQCY&feature=related Håkan Ehn] . |
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| Step-by step instructions how to retune harmonicas (and a lot of other information on harmonicas and tuning) can be found on [[http://www.patmissin.com/tunings/tunings.html|Pat Missin's homepage]].
| | A lot of information on harmonicas and tuning can be found on [http://www.patmissin.com/tunings/tunings.html Pat Missin's homepage]. |
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| Not to forget is that, in the case of the diatonic harmonica (aka "blues harp"), the playing technique known as "bending" already allows (within certain limits) infinite pitch variations, even without retuning. For example, it is possible to play a near-[[5edo]] scale on a standard harmonica: | | Not to forget is that, in the case of the diatonic harmonica (aka "blues harp"), the playing technique known as "bending" already allows, within certain limits, infinite pitch variations, even without retuning. For example, it is possible to play a near-[[5edo|5edo]] scale on a standard harmonica (starting on E or "sort of Db" on a C harmonica): |
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| [[media type="file" key="Harmonica5EDO.mp3" width="240" height="20"]] | | [[File:Harmonica5EDO.mp3]] |
| Near-5edo scale
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| The same property makes the harmonica very well suited to play [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|middle-eastern]] and [[indian]] music:
| | Near-5edo scale, standard diatonic harmonica in C (amateurish attempt) |
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| [[media type="file" key="HarmonicaMaqamNairuz.mp3" width="240" height="20"]] | | Besides, it is possible to play a [[Cube_Root_of_P4|CRP4]] scale (starting on F, F# or G on a C harmonica) and a [[4edf|4EDF]] scale (starting on F on a C harmonica) - both not up to the octave, but over the respective equivalence interval. |
| A Nairuz scale (a variant of maqam Rast)
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| [[media type="file" key="HarmonicaBayati110815006.MP3" width="240" height="20"]] | | With a little training, licks in (subsets of) almost any tuning can be played. See the example in 15edo on the [[Porcupine_Album_Project|Porcupine Album Project]] page. |
| A phrase in maqam Bayati
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| A harmonica in [[http://www.hohnerusa.com/index.php?29|Steve Baker special tuning]] allows to play an ascending maqam Rast scale, and a harmonica in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=higvIZUKlJg|spanish tuning]] allows to play a full maqam Rast scale (ascending and descending).
| | The same property makes the harmonica very well suited to play [[Arabic,_Turkish,_Persian|middle-eastern]] and [[Indian|indian]] music. See separate page [[maqamat_on_harmonica|maqamat on harmonica]] . |
| XXX ToDo: Rast examples
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| A pioneer in playing middle-eastern and indian music on the harmonica is [[http://straaten.com/|Roland van Straaten]]. A beautiful example (maqam Hijaz - this one is not microtonal, though) can be listened to [[http://straaten.com/CoralLoveDance2.4MB.mp3|here]].
| | These points - and the fact that the instrument is small and cheap - make the harmonica a good candidate as a gateway to microtonal music. |
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| These points (and the fact that the instrument is small and cheap) make the harmonica a good candidate as a gateway to microtonal music.</pre></div>
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| All instruments with free metal reeds can, principally, be retuned. In the case of harmonicas, it is even sort of common practice - just a little tricky, though.<br />
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| Step-by step instructions how to retune harmonicas (and a lot of other information on harmonicas and tuning) can be found on <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.patmissin.com/tunings/tunings.html" rel="nofollow">Pat Missin's homepage</a>.<br />
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| Not to forget is that, in the case of the diatonic harmonica (aka &quot;blues harp&quot;), the playing technique known as &quot;bending&quot; already allows (within certain limits) infinite pitch variations, even without retuning. For example, it is possible to play a near-<a class="wiki_link" href="/5edo">5edo</a> scale on a standard harmonica:<br />
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| Near-5edo scale<br />
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| The same property makes the harmonica very well suited to play <a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian">middle-eastern</a> and <a class="wiki_link" href="/indian">indian</a> music:<br />
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| A Nairuz scale (a variant of maqam Rast)<br />
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| A phrase in maqam Bayati<br />
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| A harmonica in <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.hohnerusa.com/index.php?29" rel="nofollow">Steve Baker special tuning</a> allows to play an ascending maqam Rast scale, and a harmonica in <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=higvIZUKlJg" rel="nofollow">spanish tuning</a> allows to play a full maqam Rast scale (ascending and descending).<br />
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| XXX ToDo: Rast examples<br />
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| A pioneer in playing middle-eastern and indian music on the harmonica is <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://straaten.com/" rel="nofollow">Roland van Straaten</a>. A beautiful example (maqam Hijaz - this one is not microtonal, though) can be listened to <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://straaten.com/CoralLoveDance2.4MB.mp3" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br />
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| These points (and the fact that the instrument is small and cheap) make the harmonica a good candidate as a gateway to microtonal music.</body></html></pre></div>
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