Really nice tone and vibrato, Danny Boy is one of those tune that every harp player has learned, regarding billalbion comments on the diatonic being faulty by design they dont sound faulty when Sonny Terry, Walter Horton, Paul Butterfield, Junior Wells, Kim Wilson, Charlie Musselwhite, Rob Piazza, Howlin Wolf and my favourite James Cotton play them..
Thank you very much for that information,but I still don't see the point of making musical instruments that are not right in the lower octive. You don't see accordians or pianos sold like that,thanks again for your help.
I play either a Honer or Herings chromatic which have three full octives and can sharp or flat all notes with the button,and every note is true, but I know that diotonic type organs have two notes in the lower octive that are out , I refuse to play them or any instrament which is faulty by design or not.
If you receive an 'out of the box' standard G harmonica, the 2 draw hole and the 3 blow are the same note 'D'. To play the tunes as in the video you will have to raise the 3 blow note up a tone from 'D' to 'E' (or alternatively, you could raise the 2 draw note from 'D' to 'E' instead). This alternate scale is termed 'Paddy Richter' tuning. You can do this yourself or you can ofcourse buy custom tuned harmonicas with this specific tuning, from Brendan Power for instance. Hope this helps.
You get a G Paddy Richter harp and a G Country Tuned harp by buying a Lee Oskar G major harp and a Lee Oskar Melody Maker D (the LO MM harps are labeled in 2nd position, so it is a G in 1st position), and swap either the top or bottom reed plates.
The one with the top/blow MM reed plate will be the Paddy Richter, harp.
The one with the bottom/draw MM reedplate will be the Country-Tuned harp.
Hi Jimmy,
Really nice tone and vibrato, Danny Boy is one of those tune that every harp player has learned, regarding billalbion comments on the diatonic being faulty by design they dont sound faulty when Sonny Terry, Walter Horton, Paul Butterfield, Junior Wells, Kim Wilson, Charlie Musselwhite, Rob Piazza, Howlin Wolf and my favourite James Cotton play them..
BalladMan64 3 years ago
nicely played.
Steph.
Tsutsomu 3 years ago
Thank you very much for that information,but I still don't see the point of making musical instruments that are not right in the lower octive. You don't see accordians or pianos sold like that,thanks again for your help.
billalbion 3 years ago
I play either a Honer or Herings chromatic which have three full octives and can sharp or flat all notes with the button,and every note is true, but I know that diotonic type organs have two notes in the lower octive that are out , I refuse to play them or any instrament which is faulty by design or not.
billalbion 3 years ago
If you receive an 'out of the box' standard G harmonica, the 2 draw hole and the 3 blow are the same note 'D'. To play the tunes as in the video you will have to raise the 3 blow note up a tone from 'D' to 'E' (or alternatively, you could raise the 2 draw note from 'D' to 'E' instead). This alternate scale is termed 'Paddy Richter' tuning. You can do this yourself or you can ofcourse buy custom tuned harmonicas with this specific tuning, from Brendan Power for instance. Hope this helps.
tradharp 3 years ago
The lowest notes are not right, are they missing on the harnonica.
billalbion 3 years ago
Are you refering to one of the tunes in the video in particular or the notes of the harmonica you are playing yourself ?
tradharp 3 years ago
Can you please tell me how to retune Richter tune to Paddy tune? Do you know where I can purchase a harmonica like you? Thanks a lot
harmonica4u 4 years ago
You get a G Paddy Richter harp and a G Country Tuned harp by buying a Lee Oskar G major harp and a Lee Oskar Melody Maker D (the LO MM harps are labeled in 2nd position, so it is a G in 1st position), and swap either the top or bottom reed plates.
The one with the top/blow MM reed plate will be the Paddy Richter, harp.
The one with the bottom/draw MM reedplate will be the Country-Tuned harp.
airmojo 2 years ago
Hi Jimmy,
you make a very good job with your harmonica: a really poignant tune!...
With my guitar, I play just the same irish traditional tunes!!
Cheers,
luca
lucabez 4 years ago
what key????
frogg444man 4 years ago
All three tunes are played on a G harmonica tuned to the Paddy Richter scale
tradharp 4 years ago