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Had a great gig today, strolling at the "Gator By the Bay" music festival here in San Diego, playing harmonica and guitar along with a guy who plays button accordion and trombone--he also plays steel guitar, which earned him the name "Steelbone", bestowed by the somewhat revered Country Dick Montana of the Beat Farmers.<snip>I hope to have video to share, Tim had a friend recording us.
When we add a slide to raise the pentabender tuning up a semitone, we get three holes per octave where the slide-in draw note is actually a semitone higher than the slide-out blow note of the next hole to the right.
My Twin LeGato is somewhere in Los Angeles now - soon to be delivered!
Had a very nice visit here in L.A. from Roger Myerson and his family. He brought along a Chromatic Pentaslider crafted by Gary Lehman from a 10-hole Hohner Chromonica. And he left it with me to try out. (Gary if you want it back, maybe I'll see you at the winter NAMM in Anaheim?)
I’m trying to decide which Harmonica to actually learn how to play
I was thinking about making a pentabender diatonic, I might just do a pentaslide instead now. It sounds like fun. My plan is to put the finishing touches on my Flatslide Legato today. I’m trying to decide which Harmonica to actually learn how to play, the flatslide Legato or my C6 flatslide. Either way I think I am sold on the flatslide approach.
By the way, one of the reasons I like Pentaslider as compared to "standard" Fourkey LeGato tuning, is that rhythm changes in Bb seem a lot more natural/intuitive.
So THAT'S where it is--wondered when Roger would answer me back, or return it.