Thanks Winslow for this excellent review! I wonder if you or anyone know of or has experience with a comparison from a players perspective between : 1... the JDR TROCHILUS And 2... the POWER series of harmonicas invented by Brendon Power, like the POWER DRAW, POWER BENDER, and the POWER CHROMATIC, and specially his Lucky13 versions which bring an additional low octive Thanks very much for your feedback Joris
Thank you for sharing this! It is the most beautiful song I have ever heard with a harmonica! I am working on playing it with my G diatonic and I am hopeful with 6 months practice I can semi-master it. (Any overblows hiding in it?) Also, any chance of obtaining the backing to your 3rd position jazz, C harp in D minor excercise from your great book? I practice the amazing tune frequently but it would sound much better with your backing track! Thanks!
Thanks, glad you like it. There are no overblows in the recording, as it was played on chromatic harmonica. To play the first verse melody on a G diatonic, you would need a 5 overblow to play the third note in the B part. The second verse is very chromatic, though. Which book are you referring to?
Thank you for your insight! Since I can’t overblow, the best I will be aiming for is semi mastery. Will send a recording to you sometime in the future. The song I have enjoyed playing is from your “Harmonica for Dummies”. It goes along these notes…4d6b5b..5b6b6d..6b5b4b4d…4b3d2d. Thanks!
Very cool! Puts me in mind of the beautiful haunting western style tunes like Shenandoah and Ashokan Farewell, except it surprises you by going off into more discordant (?) territory. Love it.
Hi Winslow Beautiful part of the world 🌎👍😁. Chromatic eh ? All seems a bit "daunting" to me. Beautiful music 🎼 but I'll stick to my Diatonic for now. Thanks 🙏👍🏴👋😁
Love this Winslow, the singing is very touching. Please turn it into a song, it is a song already! this is Brigitte w. my AKA music name. Lucky you are in Marin with greens. Trees are dying in Redding under 115 temp.
Thanks, Brigitte. Yes, I feel fortunate to live close to the natural air conditioning of the Pacific ocean, which, at least in this part of the world, lives up to its name.
Nice ! I cannot say that I ever heard Tim Hardin's song "Green Rocky Road" before... of course we all know who John Sebastian, Jr is... so I had to find the song... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3I-nhJvFX3o.htmlsi=qmNx-BaK6A1hn-RS
Sounds beautiful, I like how you used polyphony a lot. There's a problem with the video though - it's a vertical video but it doesn't open as a vertical video on my phone. Instead, it opens as a horizontal video with huge black empty areas on the left and right sides.
Thanks! The text panel below the video describes the harmonica - a Hohner Pentaharp in A, with a brass comb from bluemoonharmonicas.com. Maybe I should put text on the video itself for those who might not have looked below for that information.
@@winslowyerxa8505 maybe or a little thumbnail of the harp. Hey I have your book,"Blues Harmonica for Dummies" , excellent, as a "Twiddler" on harmonica (60 yr old) , your book is my Bible, many thanks 🙏🏴👏.
Only with the slide out. With the slide in, Holes 2 and 3 are completely different. But Paddy tuning does make for some cool chord combinations, and even the strange slide-in notes add some cool chords.
After an earlier video of yours, I got the blue Trochilus from Ron. I am pretty competent at richter, but I haven’t figured out quite what to do with it yet. I hope you do more videos on it to show some possibilities. Your car is a fine place to do your videos.
Thanks for all your videos on the Trochilus, every one brings me closer to getting my own. With an inventory of over 150 harmonicas, it gets harder and harder to get a new excuse to get another. ...and you're helping! Daniel from the Brant Harmonica Guild. ...I'm sure you remember your little visit. I do!
@@norfolknwhey4787 Hi guys the one I got does overblow did tweek it a bit but not much the 6 was spot on out of the box so happy with this harp can't put it down🙂
I bought the whole set of Richter tuned, all of them overblew well out of the box. I tweaked one of them, but honestly they do better out of the box than any standard diatonic harps I've used.
@@norfolknwhey4787 That other fella is probably me. Generally they overblow and overdraw decently out of the box, more so than diatonic harps I've bought. As an example, 10 overdraw out of the box on 5 of 6 that I bought. The 6th one was the D, and that 10 overdraw is really too high anyway.
Got one love it one thing the slide sticks when I first pick it up get it a bit wet and it's fine .Didn't want use oil on it I see the slide is on the plastic comb I think it grips it when dry they play great. love you can do trills, great if you can't O/B, the holes take a bit of getting used to if your a diatonic player.
It will get sticky if you breathe sticky residues into from food, drink, or even your own body secretions. They will dry and harden, making the slide stick. Moistening it before you start playing helps, but so can playing after rinsing your mouth and, occasionally, removing the mouthpiece and slide and cleaning them.
Love it. Kind of wish the slide would give us the 6th in the lower octave because it is used so often in celtic tunes, but that is me nitpicking while constantly on the search for the best harp for celtic music .This gamechanger/trochilus is a great harp and very diverse. Very affordable for what you get, too. It has made me want to try other JDR harps, too.
The new GM, unfortunately, has reeds that are different in tone from the original. The reeds are easily bent, as on the original, but the tone of the new reeds is thinner, and I find them a bit harsh. As for the original GM, the Blue Moon Acrylic and Corian solid combs are truly air tight, with beautifully beveled holes. They make big difference for me. I makes the Gold Melody a pleasure to play, especially if you are a tongue player. …um, what is that you’re doing to make a trill? How can you cup when you’re warbling that way?
This doesn’t make sense to me. It’s a chromatic with Richter/Paddy tuning. At least the TurboHarp actually BENDS the reeds Flat when ya press the plunger.
The Gamechanger actually bends in all the ways you'd expect - you can hear me doing it in the video. And then I alternate the bent version of the note with the slide-in version for a contrast in tone color and note attack. All the slide does in raise everything a half-step. Slide richter has been around for 125 years
@@winslowyerxa8505have you had a chance to try it amplified? I’m curious to know if the size prevents a good mic seal. I can see the potential with it, but I’m not sure it will be more applicable vs using OB/OD’s.
@@norfolknwhey4787 If you can cup a chromatic to a mic, you can definitely cup this one. It's only slightly bigger than a diatonic, and, at the back where you'd cup it, it's exactly the same length give or take a millimeter or two. And it will play OB/ODs as well as slide moves. Actually, that's be a good video subject - A/B a Marine Band with a Gamechanger, same key, same cupped mic.
@@winslowyerxa8505excellent demo video. I appreciate you taking the time to make it. They owe you some marketing credit. I’m sure there will be quite a few sold after the amplified demo. 👏
First, just try playing it like a regular diatonic with the slide left out, and then with the slide held in. Then, start to add notes from the other side of the slide to provide missing notes. There's plenty more, but that's a way to start.
Hey Winslow, love the content. How is it with tongue blocking, and have you tried it with a bullet mic? I’m curious if a good mic seal can be obtained with hits unique shape.
Works fine with tongue blocking. I haven't tried it cupped to a mic, though. The shape is wider on the front (where the holes are) and narrower at the back, where it's the same width as a diatonic. Just tried cupping it with an SM-58 to see how it fits and, with my small hands, it cups OK.
MR. WINSLOW YERXA - I've been looking for a standard-tuned (NOT blues) VALVELESS chromatic harmonica in the keys of G or any other EXCEPT C (which I already have way too many). Are all of the Trochilus chromatics sold on Amazon, Walmart, eBay, etc. ONLY in blue tunings??? Any info will be greatly appreciated.
Sorry I didn't see this and reply earlier. Yes, the trochilus/Gamechanger comes in Solo Tuning (standard diatonic tuning) in six different keys: Low F, G, A, Bb, C , and D. You can get them under the Trochilus name on Amazon from JDR, or from eezyreeder.com.Under the Gamehcanger name (same harp), you can get it from Rockinronsmusic/com or bushmanmusic.com
Q U E S T I O N -- I've been looking for a standard-tuned (NOT blues) VALVELESS chromatic harmonica in the keys of G or any other EXCEPT C (which I already have way too many). Are all of the Trochilus chromatics sold on Amazon, Walmart, eBay, etc. ONLY in blue tunings??? Any info will be greatly appreciated.
WINSLOW YERXA - PLEASE ADVISE. I've been looking for a standard-tuned (NOT blues) VALVELESS chromatic harmonica in the keys of G or any other EXCEPT C (which I already have way too many). Are all of the Trochilus chromatics sold on Amazon, Walmart, eBay, etc. ONLY in blue tunings??? Any info will be greatly appreciated.
Bushman Music Works carries the trochilus, under their onw Bushman Game Changer name , and appears to have standard chromatic tuning in several keys. Check them out at: bushmanmusic.com/shop/bushman-harmonicas/game-changer-harmonica/ Choose Solo tuning and the key you want.
QUESTION - I've been looking for a standard-tuned (NOT blues) VALVELESS chromatic harmonica in the keys of G or any other EXCEPT C (which I already have way too many). Are all of the Trochilus chromatics sold on Amazon, Walmart, eBay, etc. ONLY in blue tunings??? Any info will be greatly appreciated.
I like the reference to Capt. Beefheart - quite an original harmonica player. I hope you make more videos exploring the Trochilus richter. I just got one and want some hints on how to use it. Thanks for the video.
Great demonstration and great playing. I like how you explore extensions of 2nd position conventions using the slide for both single notes and double stops. You made up my mind for me: I’m getting one ( probably the low F). I will quite likely get a MoreBendz too, primarily for the middle octave blow bends and top octave draw bends.
Just took delivery on a Low F and a Bb, but am waiting to explore them while I plumb the mysteries of the red-combed "pop" tuning, whose unusual slide-in scheme creates some really interesting chords.
I call it a slide diatonic. It's not fully chromatic without a 1 semitone bend in Draw 2, both 1 and 2 semitone bends in Draw 3, and a 1 semitone bend in Blow 10. There are various chromatic harmonicas that have no slide at all (Seydel nonSlide, Tombo S-50, the various Hohner Polyphonias and Chromaticas), while a slide can offer additional notes that may not be intended to fill in gaps in the chromatic scale.
Interesting...it's listed as a 10 hole chromatic, but I completely agree that calling it a slide diatonic is closer to the truth. Either way, very powerful demonstration!
