Chords for Harmonica Review: The Powerbender - It's BRILLIANT
Tempo:
132.95 bpm
Chords used:
E
Ab
A
Em
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi everyone my name is Lee Sanky and today I'm going to be talking a little bit about the new
power bender which has been invented by the great Brendan Power, the new tuning configuration.
I've
had one of these harps for about a month now and I've been mucking around with it and I'm really
having a lot of fun trying to learn how to use it so I just wanted to say a few words about what
Brendan has invented which I think is you know absolutely fantastic and these are my my own
opinions I'm independent I'm doing this just because I want to because I think this is what
Brendan's done is really significant.
I uploaded a tune by the way dedicated to Brendan called
Brendan a few days ago using this this tuning so definitely worth checking out.
I think you can get
these these harps from all the different manufacturers Brendan will either make them
up for you in a Suzuki as I have here you can get them direct from Zydel I think Brendan will make
honours in this new tuning as well so it really doesn't matter if you prefer one manufacturer or
the other you can get this in in all the main ones.
So what to say about it so the first thing
is in a way in my mind it's not really a new tuning it's more to do with taking familiar notes
that you'll be used to if you play a standard tune harmonica especially as a blues player or
a roots player and laying them out in a different way so there's no kind of out notes or unusual
notes without bending so it'll instantly sound familiar to you.
The bottom part of the harmonica
that is to say blow one to draw four is exactly the same as a standard tuned harmonica so that
means all the cross position stuff all the straight position third position stuff you're
used to playing [A] [Em]
[E] [B]
as as it was so be instantly familiar.
[G] [C] [A]
[N] So all that stuff is right there it's
really above so from draw five upwards where things start to change so all the anchoring stuff
you're used to doing will be available straight away.
Now the main things about this harp as I
said is that all the notes will be familiar to you so it's easy to get up and running but the
main difference is that the the notes which are familiar to you are laid out in a different way
so for instance blow six and blow five on a standard tune harmonica and now draw notes and
that's just one example of how Brendan's laid out some of these these notes I don't want to sort of
go through and break everything down I just want to give an overview.
Crucial notes are now draw
notes which means you can give that draw note attack and you can get vibrato and bend them
which gives lots of other different possibilities I'll come on to in a minute.
So for example in
cross position draw two an octave above is the blow six on a standard tune harmonica that is
now draw six [E] and
[N] that note is also now bendable now because these these notes are bendable from
the middle part of the harmonica in the upper register normally to get certain flat notes like
the minor third the flat five you'd have to use over blows but now they're just standard bends so
for example in cross position again the minor third which is the draw three [Gb] half step bend [Em] now
[C] you can do that [Eb] and draw seven
[Em]
[N] no over blows really really really great and because certain
notes are now next to each other whereas on the standard harmonica they're not next to each other
you have new chordal possibilities so for instance blow five is now draw five which means it's next
to draw [Gm] four and [Ab] that gives you a new kind of chord a new sound a new [N] head roll a new kind of
trill which you can't do because those notes are not normally next to each other you have to go
from a blow to a draw but now it's just a draw so for instance going to the four chord in cross
position you can get this really nice chordal effect [E]
[Gbm]
[Dbm] [E] [Ab]
so lots of interesting chordal possibilities
all the main octaves are still there for that sort of big William Clarkey kind of [Abm] sound that
[Eb] all [N] that's still there and also because the notes are laid out differently you're forced to play in
a different way which means [Ab] you sort of avoid a lot of the cliches and [N] traps that you fall into
with a standard tune harmonica forces you to think differently but because the notes are familiar to
you it'll still kind of make sense and the upshot is you'll make new licks I think this is partly
why Brendan sounds so unique is because he doesn't play what anyone else plays because the way these
these notes are laid out.
The next thing to say is that certain parts of the harmonica are kind of
a lift and shift from what you're sort of used to playing so for instance draw [G] two to draw four is
exactly the same as draw six to draw eight [A] so [Ab] flat
[N]
five sound so the upshot is this harmonica
this tuning lets you play things which were normally quiet over blows and over draws the
fact that all the notes will be familiar to you familiar to your ears as a blues harmonica player
or roots harmonica player means it will be really quick to pick up once you've got the head your
head round of breathing patterns and the new layout will create new licks and new ways of
playing and also new chord possibilities that are not normally available to you so definitely worth
checking out and well done to Brendan for making such a step forward for the blues harmonica it's
like learning a new new position and I would recommend that if you're a blues player or roots
definitely worth picking up and adding [Dbm] into your sort of toolbox of different
things that you can play with hope you found that
power bender which has been invented by the great Brendan Power, the new tuning configuration.
I've
had one of these harps for about a month now and I've been mucking around with it and I'm really
having a lot of fun trying to learn how to use it so I just wanted to say a few words about what
Brendan has invented which I think is you know absolutely fantastic and these are my my own
opinions I'm independent I'm doing this just because I want to because I think this is what
Brendan's done is really significant.
I uploaded a tune by the way dedicated to Brendan called
Brendan a few days ago using this this tuning so definitely worth checking out.
I think you can get
these these harps from all the different manufacturers Brendan will either make them
up for you in a Suzuki as I have here you can get them direct from Zydel I think Brendan will make
honours in this new tuning as well so it really doesn't matter if you prefer one manufacturer or
the other you can get this in in all the main ones.
So what to say about it so the first thing
is in a way in my mind it's not really a new tuning it's more to do with taking familiar notes
that you'll be used to if you play a standard tune harmonica especially as a blues player or
a roots player and laying them out in a different way so there's no kind of out notes or unusual
notes without bending so it'll instantly sound familiar to you.
The bottom part of the harmonica
that is to say blow one to draw four is exactly the same as a standard tuned harmonica so that
means all the cross position stuff all the straight position third position stuff you're
used to playing [A] [Em]
[E] [B]
as as it was so be instantly familiar.
[G] [C] [A]
[N] So all that stuff is right there it's
really above so from draw five upwards where things start to change so all the anchoring stuff
you're used to doing will be available straight away.
Now the main things about this harp as I
said is that all the notes will be familiar to you so it's easy to get up and running but the
main difference is that the the notes which are familiar to you are laid out in a different way
so for instance blow six and blow five on a standard tune harmonica and now draw notes and
that's just one example of how Brendan's laid out some of these these notes I don't want to sort of
go through and break everything down I just want to give an overview.
Crucial notes are now draw
notes which means you can give that draw note attack and you can get vibrato and bend them
which gives lots of other different possibilities I'll come on to in a minute.
So for example in
cross position draw two an octave above is the blow six on a standard tune harmonica that is
now draw six [E] and
[N] that note is also now bendable now because these these notes are bendable from
the middle part of the harmonica in the upper register normally to get certain flat notes like
the minor third the flat five you'd have to use over blows but now they're just standard bends so
for example in cross position again the minor third which is the draw three [Gb] half step bend [Em] now
[C] you can do that [Eb] and draw seven
[Em]
[N] no over blows really really really great and because certain
notes are now next to each other whereas on the standard harmonica they're not next to each other
you have new chordal possibilities so for instance blow five is now draw five which means it's next
to draw [Gm] four and [Ab] that gives you a new kind of chord a new sound a new [N] head roll a new kind of
trill which you can't do because those notes are not normally next to each other you have to go
from a blow to a draw but now it's just a draw so for instance going to the four chord in cross
position you can get this really nice chordal effect [E]
[Gbm]
[Dbm] [E] [Ab]
so lots of interesting chordal possibilities
all the main octaves are still there for that sort of big William Clarkey kind of [Abm] sound that
[Eb] all [N] that's still there and also because the notes are laid out differently you're forced to play in
a different way which means [Ab] you sort of avoid a lot of the cliches and [N] traps that you fall into
with a standard tune harmonica forces you to think differently but because the notes are familiar to
you it'll still kind of make sense and the upshot is you'll make new licks I think this is partly
why Brendan sounds so unique is because he doesn't play what anyone else plays because the way these
these notes are laid out.
The next thing to say is that certain parts of the harmonica are kind of
a lift and shift from what you're sort of used to playing so for instance draw [G] two to draw four is
exactly the same as draw six to draw eight [A] so [Ab] flat
[N]
five sound so the upshot is this harmonica
this tuning lets you play things which were normally quiet over blows and over draws the
fact that all the notes will be familiar to you familiar to your ears as a blues harmonica player
or roots harmonica player means it will be really quick to pick up once you've got the head your
head round of breathing patterns and the new layout will create new licks and new ways of
playing and also new chord possibilities that are not normally available to you so definitely worth
checking out and well done to Brendan for making such a step forward for the blues harmonica it's
like learning a new new position and I would recommend that if you're a blues player or roots
definitely worth picking up and adding [Dbm] into your sort of toolbox of different
things that you can play with hope you found that
Key:
E
Ab
A
Em
G
E
Ab
A
Hi everyone my name is Lee Sanky and today I'm going to be talking a little bit about the new
power bender which has been invented by the great Brendan Power, the new tuning _ configuration.
I've
had one of these harps for about a month now and I've been mucking around with it and I'm really
having a lot of fun trying to learn how to use it so I just wanted to say a few words about what
Brendan has _ invented which I think is you know absolutely fantastic and these are my my own
opinions I'm independent I'm doing this just because I want to because I think this is what
Brendan's done is really significant.
_ _ _ I uploaded a tune by the way dedicated to Brendan called
Brendan a few days ago using this this tuning so definitely worth checking out. _
_ I think you can get
these these harps from all the different manufacturers Brendan will either make them
up for you in a Suzuki as I have here you can get them direct from Zydel I think Brendan will make
honours in this new tuning as well so it really doesn't matter if you prefer one manufacturer or
the other you can get this in in all the main ones.
_ _ _ So what to say about it so the first thing
is in a way in my mind it's not really a new tuning it's more to do with taking familiar notes
that you'll be used to if you play a standard tune harmonica especially as a blues player or
a roots player and laying them out in a different way so there's no kind of out notes or unusual
notes _ _ _ _ without bending so it'll instantly sound familiar to you.
_ _ The bottom part of the harmonica
that is to say blow one to draw four is exactly the same as a standard tuned harmonica so that
means all the cross position stuff all the straight position third position stuff you're
used to playing [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
as as it was so be instantly familiar. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ [N] So all that stuff is right there it's
really above so from draw five upwards where things start to change _ so all the anchoring stuff
you're used to doing will be available straight away. _
Now the main things about this harp as I
said is that all the notes will be familiar to you so it's easy to get up and running but the
main difference is that the the notes which are familiar to you are laid out in a different way
so for instance blow six and blow five on a standard tune harmonica and now draw notes and
that's just one example of how Brendan's laid out some of these these notes I don't want to sort of
go through and break everything down I just want to give an overview.
_ _ Crucial notes are now draw
notes which means you can give that draw note attack and you can get vibrato and bend them
which gives lots of other different possibilities I'll come on to in a minute.
So for example in
cross position draw two an octave above is the blow six on a standard tune harmonica that is
now draw six [E] _ _ and _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ that note is also now bendable now because these these notes are bendable _ from
the middle part of the harmonica in the upper register normally to get certain flat notes like
the minor third the flat five you'd have to use over blows but now they're just standard bends so
for example in cross position again the minor third which is the draw three [Gb] half step bend _ [Em] now _ _
_ [C] you can do that [Eb] and draw seven _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] no over blows really really really great _ and _ because _ certain
notes are now next to each other whereas on the standard harmonica they're not next to each other
_ you have new chordal possibilities _ so for instance blow five is now draw five which means it's next
to draw [Gm] four and [Ab] that gives you a new kind of chord a new sound a new [N] head roll a new kind of
trill which you can't do because those notes are not normally next to each other you have to go
from a blow to a draw but now it's just a draw so for instance going to the four chord in cross
position you can get this really nice chordal effect [E] _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Ab] _ _
so lots of interesting chordal possibilities
all the main octaves are still there _ for that sort of big William Clarkey kind of [Abm] sound that _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] all [N] that's still there _ _ _ and also because the notes are laid out differently you're forced to play in
a different way which means [Ab] you sort of avoid a lot of the cliches and [N] traps that you fall into
with a standard tune harmonica forces you to think differently but because the notes are familiar to
you it'll still kind of make sense and the upshot is you'll make new licks I think this is partly
why Brendan sounds so unique is because he doesn't play what anyone else plays because the way these
these notes are laid out.
_ The next thing to say is that certain parts of the harmonica are kind of
a lift and shift from what you're sort of used to playing so for instance draw [G] two to draw four is
exactly the same as draw six to draw eight [A] so [Ab] flat _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ five sound so the upshot is this harmonica
this tuning _ lets you play things which were normally quiet over blows and over draws the
fact that all the notes will be familiar to you familiar to your ears as a blues harmonica player
or roots harmonica player means it will be really quick to pick up once you've got the head your
head round of breathing patterns _ and the new layout will create new licks and new ways of
playing and also new chord possibilities that are not normally available to you so _ definitely worth
checking out and well done to Brendan for _ making such a step forward for the blues harmonica it's
like learning a new new position and I would recommend that if you're a blues player or roots _
definitely worth picking up and adding [Dbm] into your sort of toolbox of different
things that you can play with hope you found that
power bender which has been invented by the great Brendan Power, the new tuning _ configuration.
I've
had one of these harps for about a month now and I've been mucking around with it and I'm really
having a lot of fun trying to learn how to use it so I just wanted to say a few words about what
Brendan has _ invented which I think is you know absolutely fantastic and these are my my own
opinions I'm independent I'm doing this just because I want to because I think this is what
Brendan's done is really significant.
_ _ _ I uploaded a tune by the way dedicated to Brendan called
Brendan a few days ago using this this tuning so definitely worth checking out. _
_ I think you can get
these these harps from all the different manufacturers Brendan will either make them
up for you in a Suzuki as I have here you can get them direct from Zydel I think Brendan will make
honours in this new tuning as well so it really doesn't matter if you prefer one manufacturer or
the other you can get this in in all the main ones.
_ _ _ So what to say about it so the first thing
is in a way in my mind it's not really a new tuning it's more to do with taking familiar notes
that you'll be used to if you play a standard tune harmonica especially as a blues player or
a roots player and laying them out in a different way so there's no kind of out notes or unusual
notes _ _ _ _ without bending so it'll instantly sound familiar to you.
_ _ The bottom part of the harmonica
that is to say blow one to draw four is exactly the same as a standard tuned harmonica so that
means all the cross position stuff all the straight position third position stuff you're
used to playing [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
as as it was so be instantly familiar. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ [N] So all that stuff is right there it's
really above so from draw five upwards where things start to change _ so all the anchoring stuff
you're used to doing will be available straight away. _
Now the main things about this harp as I
said is that all the notes will be familiar to you so it's easy to get up and running but the
main difference is that the the notes which are familiar to you are laid out in a different way
so for instance blow six and blow five on a standard tune harmonica and now draw notes and
that's just one example of how Brendan's laid out some of these these notes I don't want to sort of
go through and break everything down I just want to give an overview.
_ _ Crucial notes are now draw
notes which means you can give that draw note attack and you can get vibrato and bend them
which gives lots of other different possibilities I'll come on to in a minute.
So for example in
cross position draw two an octave above is the blow six on a standard tune harmonica that is
now draw six [E] _ _ and _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ that note is also now bendable now because these these notes are bendable _ from
the middle part of the harmonica in the upper register normally to get certain flat notes like
the minor third the flat five you'd have to use over blows but now they're just standard bends so
for example in cross position again the minor third which is the draw three [Gb] half step bend _ [Em] now _ _
_ [C] you can do that [Eb] and draw seven _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] no over blows really really really great _ and _ because _ certain
notes are now next to each other whereas on the standard harmonica they're not next to each other
_ you have new chordal possibilities _ so for instance blow five is now draw five which means it's next
to draw [Gm] four and [Ab] that gives you a new kind of chord a new sound a new [N] head roll a new kind of
trill which you can't do because those notes are not normally next to each other you have to go
from a blow to a draw but now it's just a draw so for instance going to the four chord in cross
position you can get this really nice chordal effect [E] _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Ab] _ _
so lots of interesting chordal possibilities
all the main octaves are still there _ for that sort of big William Clarkey kind of [Abm] sound that _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] all [N] that's still there _ _ _ and also because the notes are laid out differently you're forced to play in
a different way which means [Ab] you sort of avoid a lot of the cliches and [N] traps that you fall into
with a standard tune harmonica forces you to think differently but because the notes are familiar to
you it'll still kind of make sense and the upshot is you'll make new licks I think this is partly
why Brendan sounds so unique is because he doesn't play what anyone else plays because the way these
these notes are laid out.
_ The next thing to say is that certain parts of the harmonica are kind of
a lift and shift from what you're sort of used to playing so for instance draw [G] two to draw four is
exactly the same as draw six to draw eight [A] so [Ab] flat _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ five sound so the upshot is this harmonica
this tuning _ lets you play things which were normally quiet over blows and over draws the
fact that all the notes will be familiar to you familiar to your ears as a blues harmonica player
or roots harmonica player means it will be really quick to pick up once you've got the head your
head round of breathing patterns _ and the new layout will create new licks and new ways of
playing and also new chord possibilities that are not normally available to you so _ definitely worth
checking out and well done to Brendan for _ making such a step forward for the blues harmonica it's
like learning a new new position and I would recommend that if you're a blues player or roots _
definitely worth picking up and adding [Dbm] into your sort of toolbox of different
things that you can play with hope you found that