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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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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. These | 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: | ||
[[http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Harmonica5EDO.mp3|Harmonica5EDO.mp3]] | |||
Or an [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|arabic maqam]] (Nairuz): | |||
[[http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/HarmonicaMaqamNairuz.mp3|HarmonicaMaqamNairuz.mp3]] | |||
These points (and the fact that the instrument is small and cheap) make the harmonica a good candidate for microtonal music.</pre></div> | |||
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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;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Harmonica</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Microtonal harmonica"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Microtonal harmonica</h1> | <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;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Harmonica</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Microtonal harmonica"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Microtonal harmonica</h1> | ||
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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 /> | 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. These | 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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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Harmonica5EDO.mp3" rel="nofollow">Harmonica5EDO.mp3</a><br /> | |||
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Or an <a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian">arabic maqam</a> (Nairuz):<br /> | |||
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/HarmonicaMaqamNairuz.mp3" rel="nofollow">HarmonicaMaqamNairuz.mp3</a><br /> | |||
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These points (and the fact that the instrument is small and cheap) make the harmonica a good candidate for microtonal music.</body></html></pre></div> | |||