Richharp
3 posts
May 03, 2009
2:36 PM
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Hello,
How many of you play the Tremolo harmonica? I play one sometimes, and I love it.
Rich.
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The Gloth
6 posts
May 03, 2009
3:35 PM
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Actually, when I started playing harmonica some 20 years ago, it was on something like this (i'm not sure it's a Tremolo, though):
[img]http://www.harrystrading.nl/catalog/images/Unsere%20Lieblinge%2048.jpg[/img]
I played it for several years, trying to reproduce any melody that crossed my mind. Then I broke it unintentionnally and bought my first marine band in C...
I got another "Unsere Lieblinge" just like the one on the picture (the first one was slightly different, also in the sound), but I almost never play it. Maybe I should : it can do some cool bluesy sounds, a bit old style, kind of...
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Aussiesucker
257 posts
May 03, 2009
5:45 PM
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Yeah, I play one occasionally. What made me buy some (C & A) was on listening to some of Willie Nelsons CD's with Mickey Raphael playing some Tremolo on tunes like "Til I Gain Control Again" where he plays in C on an F Diatonic and a C Tremolo. Produces some nice sounds that can set a scene eg like on a shivery cold day. Hard to explain ie need to listen.
Good also for playing straight harp traditional folk tunes giving an olde-worlde sound.
What amazed me is they are twice the size of a normal diatonic, better packaged with their own cleaning cloth, and half the price of normal diatonics. The ones I got were the Suzuki SU21s.
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Aussiesucker
259 posts
May 03, 2009
8:01 PM
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>The Gloth : Had a look at the 'Unsere Liebling' range from Hohner and actually they are referred to as Octave Harmonicas. There are a pair of reeds for each note which are tuned an octave apart. I had a double sided Hohner Comet as a child (mid last century) which was octave tuned. I note that they still sell the Comet.
Tremolos are not that different in so far as there are a pair of reeds for each note which are the same but tuned to different frequencies.
I could not imagine their use as a blues instrument ie more folk, traditional and some country. They are very sensitive instruments and would hardly stand up to very heavy use ie bending I think would be a no no. I stand to be corrected but I would imagine they are only suited to playing 1st position.
I note that the Suzuki Tremolos SU21s can be purchased in the US for ca $18.
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