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Tue, 12/17/2013 - 14:36
Rulon
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On your recommendation, I downloaded the demo for HarpNinja.  It looks to be a useful tool for nailing your bends. I was not able to thoroughly explore it, as my trial period expired after only a few hours??  My main issue is that the displays do accurately reflects the notes in each key.  For example the key of E Major has 4 sharps, not all those flats that are in the Tuning Dojo display.  For those who are trying to learn music as well as the harmonica, these displays are confusing and misleading.

 

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Tue, 12/17/2013 - 16:29
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David Barrett
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Hello Rulon. In regards to bending, as you state, there's no issue with that. In regards to keys, I agree, it will be a nice change to have it reflect the natural scale. I will suggest this to him… thanks for bringing it up.

P.S., I don't know if you already have this, but I recommend you print this for reference…
http://www.bluesharmonica.com/sites/bluesharmonica.com/files/private/Har...

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Mon, 01/13/2014 - 03:55
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ungar
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I totally agree.  I was

I totally agree.  I was really put off by the way Harp Ninja indicates its note names.  I mean, if you're playing a blues in E with a band, I doubt the guitarist would talk about E flat instead of D sharp etc. 

I really like your approach to notation, i.e., treating the harp as a transposing instrument and writing everything for a C harp, but I was kind of hoping Harp Ninja would help me think in terms of the actual notes, which it can't the way it's set up for now.

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