Melodic bend harmonica

Abstract

A harmonica with a repeating major scale configured across the draw reeds and a repeating major scale a half step lower than the draw reeds configured across the blow reeds. This configuration produces a chromatic instrument where all the notes of a major scale can be bent down to the next lower scale tone for musicality. The linear scale configuration provides trill and glissando sections for ease of playability and musicality.

Claims

1. A harmonica comprising a body providing a series of adjacent cavities and a plurality of reeds each of which is responsive to the passage of air to produce a musical note of a predetermined pitch, two reeds being associated with each cavity such that one reed is the blow reed responsive to blowing on said cavity and the other is the draw reed responsive to drawing on said cavity, said harmonica being characterized in that: (a) said draw reeds are constructed and arranged such that their predetermined pitches starting on a predetermined cavity produce the scale degrees 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 in a repeating pattern and (b) said blow reeds are constructed and arranged such that their predetermined pitches starting on said predetermined cavity produce the scale degrees 7b,7,2b,3b,3,5b,6b in a repeating pattern.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(1) Melodic bend (Table 6) has a major scale configured across the draw reeds and a major scale a half step lower than the draw reeds configured across the blow reeds.

(2) TABLE-US-00006 TABLE 6 Melodic Bend Key of C Blow reeds - B major Draw reeds - C major

OPERATION

(3) Table 7 charts the C Major scale on a Key of C Melodic Bend Harmonica. There is technically a B and E on the blow reeds (Table 8) but table 7 is used for clarity. C major has 9 trill sections and a 10-hole glissando section. All notes can be bent down to the next scale tone for musicality. Table 9 charts Melodic Bend Harmonica by scale degrees.

(4) TABLE-US-00007 TABLE 7

(5) TABLE-US-00008 TABLE 8

(6) TABLE-US-00009 TABLE 9

CONCLUSION, RAMIFICATIONS, AND SCOPE

(7) The reader will see that this instrument provides many trill and glissando sections for ease of playability and musicality. It also features the ability to bend to and from every note of the major scale, making it sing. Being chromatic, it can play every scale conceivable. Though the above examples are in a certain key with the tonic on a certain hole, this harmonica can be made in all keys and the tonic can be placed on any hole.