I’ve just discovered tremolo. I love melody and my heart is singing! Do you have lessons for the tremolo harp? Or, do I just adapt from what I am picking up from the diatonic 10 hole?
Thanks
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Hey @Nick - right on. I don’t have any lessons on Tremolo, it’s similar to diatonic, but the tuning is slightly different
So blowing and drawing plays right up the scale, and blow 4 and blow 5 are the same note.
This is the way chromatic’s are tuned as well.
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I’ve also got into Tremolo and Octave harmonicas (and Chromatic). I really like the sound and I find its fairly easy to pick up songs by ear. But I also have the book Tremolo and Octave Harmonica Method by Phil Duncan - it comes with online audio tracks.
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Awesome! If our exceptional host, Luke, has the book I’ll get it through harmonica.com. If not, I’ll check Amazon. Thanks Jeff.
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I got it from Amazon UK.
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The book is OK. A lot of the techniques it covers are similar to the ones you teach. But it explains the tuning and different types and the audio tracks are fun to play along to. As you probably know some tremolo harmonicas start on C some on E for example. But C is always hole 4! I found this a bit confusing at first because I had to match the harmonica I have to what it says in the book. Chromatics have the same issue - I have a Chromatic Method book also. And holes are often not marked - the book helps navigate that issue. Overall the book is quite basic but helps explain some of the Tremolo/Octave oddities. By the way I have a Cascha Master Edition Tremolo Harmonica (24 hole) and a Tombo 16 Octave. Plus a Cascha Chromatic 10-40. All budget models but I like the sound!
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