mojojojo
10 posts
Jan 26, 2009
10:39 PM
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If a single harp has 3 octaves, and I hold two harps while I play, in different keys of course, how long will it take the train to reach Frisco....whoops, public school trauma flashback...
I mean, can I get a longer range of octaves, like on a piano?
For example, if I hold a C and D, will the octaves overlap or what? Can I get six running octaves if I hold the right 2 harmonicas?
Secondly, does this have possibilities for making more music? Is the tuning such that it will follow up and down like piano octaves (Middle C up and down)?
Keep in mind that I'm self-taught (through the internet)....am I off base here? I should just start trying myself and compare to a virtual keyboard, but I thought someone might know about this already.
Thanks.
Jeff in Jakarta
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Pulatom
14 posts
Jan 27, 2009
12:25 AM
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If you hold C and D you'll have three octaves plus one whole tone in the upper octave. You will get an additional one octave in lower register if you held for example a low D and D harp. It's not possible to obtain 6 octave range while holding two 10 hole diatonics, the range depends of what keys are you using together but it won't excess 4 octaves and a few semitones (lowC and F). There are many possibilities of making additional notes when holding two harmonicas, if you have for example a C and C# keys you can obtain a full chromatic scale in middle octave and a few additional notes in lower octave.
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mojojojo
11 posts
Jan 31, 2009
4:59 AM
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Oh right. The notes change a tone/half tone from harp to harp. Just checked a chart of the notes in twelve keys of harp. Might be a bit tough switching harps to get single missing notes though.
Getting that fourth octave might be cool. I'm gonna try with my Low C and C. Thanks for the info.
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SteveL
22 posts
Jan 31, 2009
5:03 PM
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If you tried a low G and a high G you would get 5 octaves
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