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lflisboa:
I think the lady is playing a tremolo model. Here's some Joe Filisko's examples with a richter diatonic. You may check his channel where he explains about vamping, chording, octaves and splits too.

https://youtu.be/sW7yoIgBTJc?si=4BT5fEWKIDNP7yn_

https://youtu.be/6CLQh5ZKSLk?si=B7j6z0vLoY3mKN5O

https://youtu.be/cu5YHlF7_6E?si=xDm6t_cmhiagoRaG

John Broecker:
Actual chords are few on a solo system
slide chromatic.

Asian tremolos are factory-set in Richter
system. All tremolo harps, Asian & European,
are diatonic, Richter system reed placement.

A few manufacturers make 10-hole Richter
slide chromatics, the same reed placement
as a 10-hole blues harp.

The dominant 7th chord (G7 on a C harp)
is available as an inhale chord on C Richter
slide chromatic harps.

Hohner stopped making "The Chromonica",
Hohner "Slide Harp", and other 10-hole Richter
slide harps, circa 2018.

In the 2005 products catalog, Hering displayed
their "Vintage 40" and "Chromatic 40", both
Richter chromatics (?) with wood combs. It's
unknown if they still make these models.

In Seydel's 2014 catalog, the "Chromatic Deluxe
Blues" was listed. It's a 12-hole Richter system
slide chromatic, in the keys:

Low C
Low D
Low E
Low F
G
A
Bb

Another interesting Seydel chord slide harp
was listed, the Seydel "Chromatic Deluxe
Chor". It has the same reed placement as
the Hohner "Marine Band" 10-hole diatonic,
and Hohner "Chordomonica I" slide diatonic,
designed by Cham-Ber Huang.

Seydel will custom-make any reed placement
on their slide chromatics, for an extra fee.

Hohner stopped production of "Chordomonica I"
(10-hole) & "Chordomonica II" (12-hole, more
chords) in 1975.

Diatonic Richter slide harps offer more factory-
installed chords than the standard solo system
slide harps, but the Richter slide harps are not
fully chromatic.

With the player's bending & overblowing, the
Richter sliders may be fully chromatic.

Best Regards, Stay Healthy

JB
The Afuche Apache

beads:
Hello Gene. The notes are arranged on a harmonica to make this possible. I made some videos about this years ago. They might help you, or they may not (I'm not a music teacher).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1WkYdMEI58&list=PLJ1G4oHit4xhn6O-f4DBKy58fQ_ap6sFT&index=5&pp=gAQBiAQB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfWLaJ1ypV0&list=PLJ1G4oHit4xhn6O-f4DBKy58fQ_ap6sFT&index=6&pp=gAQBiAQB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAVtbFYaBUk&list=PLJ1G4oHit4xhn6O-f4DBKy58fQ_ap6sFT&index=7&pp=gAQBiAQB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD9RVnvi20U&list=PLJ1G4oHit4xhn6O-f4DBKy58fQ_ap6sFT&index=18&pp=gAQBiAQB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_O37EI5b7E&list=PLJ1G4oHit4xhn6O-f4DBKy58fQ_ap6sFT&index=12

If you study some basic chord theory and know where the notes are on your harmonica, then you can visualize the chords yourself while you play.

Age:
Yeah, I noticed the girl playing "treading lightly" on the ones that were not exactly chords. Just goes to show how good she really is, and "in tune" with the number she's playing. Most "thumpers" ignorantly assume the proper "chords" will automatically/magically fall into place as they chomp through a number, totally oblivious to all the clams, clinkers and farkles incorporated in the "chords" they think they're playing. I have little use for "thumpers" who make Chromatic players look bad; and unfortunately, there are lots of them.  >:(

J.R.:
The typical Ritcher or Blues harmonica has two accords in the First three holes. If it's a C harmonica, it has the Major C accord (blown) and the Major G accord (drawn). They are the most used accords in the Major C tonality.

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