Danny Wilson wrote: > > Douglas Tate writes: > =======================> > Forgot to tell you of an interesting instrument. > > Inveterate inventor Jack Lewis was playing with his harmonica tri with an > akkorda. This is the three foot two layer chord instrument that Bob > plays in the NEW WORLD HARMONICA TRIO, ... you know, the trio that has a > new tape and a new CD out .... I'm not going to say it all again... go > to the archives, or ring Danny Wilson or somebody. > > ANYWAY, Jack was going one better with a three layer version > This was laid out as follows > > Top layer: Major sevenths blow, Major 9ths draw > Middle layer Major sixths Blow Dominant sevenths draw > Lower layer Minor sevenths Blow Augmented and diminished draw. > > It was a very interesting sound AND he still has all his teeth > > Jack has several other ideas on the stocks... watch this space. > > Douglas t > =======================> > First of all - let me thank Douglas for yet another free plug for our new > album. BUT our akkorda player is MICHAEL BURTON, not "Bob"! > > Re: the three tier chord - I don't know Jack, or how long he has been > playing this type of chord, or whether he actually "invented" same, but > there have been a number of players globally who have constructed similar > chords of this type. One of whom you know very well - Al Smith, of the > popular "Al & Judy Show", who played one many years ago with the Sharp > Harp and the Harmonica Express, both of San Jose, CA. Al even went a > step further and constructed a 4-tier version - the equivalent of playing > (holding) two full size chords at once! I am not familiar with the exact > tuning configuration of the unit, but it did of course include the major > 7ths that Jack incorporated on his model (as did also Al's 3-tier > version). Al didn't stay with the 4-tier model very long, due to the > sheer weight of such a monster, and eventually gave up on the 3-tier as > well. The idea of having these additional chords is that the > conventional tongue rhythms can be used with the additional chords, which > cannot be used on the standard chord. Major 7th, and many other chord > structures are available on the standard 2-tier 267 chord, but are > accomplished by using "split chords" (playing partial chords of two > adjacent chords, while using the tongue to block unwanted single notes) > to arrive at the desired chord. Talk about music theory, knowledge, and > educated tongues! There are a few "masters of split chords" - and > Michael Burton is one of them. > -- > ===================================================================> BassHarp - Danny Wilson - Santa Clarita, CA 91355-3061 > Email: bassha~arthlink.net Fax: 805-254-1020 > BassHarp Home Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~bassharp/bassharp.htm > Harmonica Gigs Web Site: http://www.island.net/~blues/dgigs.htm > ===================================================================>>You've seen nothing until you've seen Arno Dähne on a six-tier model. Art. - ------------------------------------- Art M. Daane E-mail: reldaa~lobalxs.nl Home Page URL = http://www.globalxs.nl/home/r/reldaart
