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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]] scale on a standard harmonica: | ||
[[ | [[media type="file" key="Harmonica5EDO.mp3"]] | ||
Near-5edo scale | |||
Or [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|arabic maqams]]: | Or [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|arabic maqams]]: | ||
[[ | [[media type="file" key="HarmonicaMaqamNairuz.mp3"]] | ||
A scale in maqam Nairuz (of the Rast family) | |||
[[media type="file" key="HarmonicaBayati110815006.MP3"]] | |||
A phrase in maqam Bayati | |||
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> | 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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<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: | <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:3:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Microtonal harmonica"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:3 -->Microtonal harmonica</h1> | ||
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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 /> | 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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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 /> | 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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< | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextMediaRule:0:&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/file-audio/Harmonica5EDO.mp3?h=20&amp;w=240&quot; class=&quot;WikiMedia WikiMediaFile&quot; id=&quot;wikitext@@media@@type=&amp;quot;file&amp;quot; key=&amp;quot;Harmonica5EDO.mp3&amp;quot;&quot; title=&quot;Local Media File&quot;height=&quot;20&quot; width=&quot;240&quot;/&gt; --><embed src="/s/mediaplayer.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" flashvars="file=http%253A%252F%252Fxenharmonic.wikispaces.com%252Ffile%252Fview%252FHarmonica5EDO.mp3?file_extension=mp3&autostart=false&repeat=false&showdigits=true&showfsbutton=false&width=240&height=20"></embed><!-- ws:end:WikiTextMediaRule:0 --><br /> | ||
Near-5edo scale<br /> | |||
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Or <a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian">arabic maqams</a>:<br /> | Or <a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian">arabic maqams</a>:<br /> | ||
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A scale in maqam Nairuz (of the Rast family)<br /> | |||
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A phrase in maqam Bayati<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> | 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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=Microtonal harmonica= 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. 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. For example, it is possible to play a near-[[5edo]] scale on a standard harmonica: [[media type="file" key="Harmonica5EDO.mp3"]] Near-5edo scale Or [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|arabic maqams]]: [[media type="file" key="HarmonicaMaqamNairuz.mp3"]] A scale in maqam Nairuz (of the Rast family) [[media type="file" key="HarmonicaBayati110815006.MP3"]] A phrase in maqam Bayati 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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