Hi Psy-T,
OK..it looks like we have to get some traction here.
There are probably three possible ways to work this out:
First, maybe it would help me if you can explain to me how you arrived at your choices for notes..
i considered which keys i play most often, and which keys i enjoy listening to the most, and thought long and hard about how i want the notes of the key (and the ones that don't belong to the key) divided between blows and draws. i wanted the notes that don't belong in the key for wider versatility, mostly for improvisation, but also to play in other keys, even if that may be cumbersome. the C note is my root, but i hate being limited in my improvisation by having my root note be the lowest note, which is why i rather insist on having a Bb/A# hole precede it.
What songs are you going to play with this?
any and all?
and what key are the songs in?
C minor, for the most part.
are you playing a melody or fills?
both.
do you plan to use a lot of note bending?
i haven't managed to bend on my tremolo so far, and that tremolo accounts for all my harmonica experience so far, never say never though.
Did you see this? ---->
http://www.leeoskar.com/harpframe.htmlIf you look at the Melody Maker, Natural Minor, and the Harmonic Minor, you will find charts that show the note value for the different holes, and how they are different
From a Major Diatonic harp..there may not be one exactly as you wish, but there might be one close enough to try.
both minors came pretty close to the main notes i'd want, but i'd really prefer to have all notes on a harmonica, rather than only those belonging to a particular key.
Third possibility..send me a short clip of the music you want to play harp with, and I will check my collection to see if I have something that works..that is step one..then after that there is a step two.
www.psy-t.com/07-09-16-fluffy_pink_circle-a.mp3 < a work in progress, fits our purpose because it's in my usual key, and because there's still some space to work in and jam with, seeing as it is awaiting shushi's vocals.
see my entry to this month's kara-moon contest for an example of me playing with different keys, should illustrate why i want all of the notes available.
BTW..if you can jam with that clip, you probably have a C harp..does it have a letter stamped on it anywhere? ..it should.
my harmonica is a tremolo harmonica made by Hero (china) in the 80s, it doesn't have a letter stamped on it anywhere. it is tuned as follows:
"Common tuning in East Asia
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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|G |d |C |f |E |a |G |b |C |d |E |f |G |a |C |b |E |d |G |f |C |a |E |b |
|G |d |C |f |E |a |G |b |C |d |E |f |G |a |C |b |E |d |G |f |C |a |E |b |
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" (source, wikipedia's tremolo harmonica article)
or in the way i write the tuning:
G C E G C E G C E G C E G C E G C E G C E G C E blow
D F A B D E F A B D E F A B D E F A B D E F A B draw
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
cheers for the help Wyatt
edit: fixed a typo, it's in bold.