Tunings
These are just a few examples of all the different tunings that exists, we can tune your harmonica (s) to ANY tuning you want.
Diatonic
Richter
The traditional tuning for the Diatonic harmonica
Blow | C | E | G | C | E | G | C | E | G | C |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Draw | D | G | B | D | F | A | B | D | F | A |
Paddy Richter
This tuning was invented by Brendan Power, it is a great tuning for playing Irish music.
It's good for single note playing.
Blow | C | E | A | C | E | G | C | E | G | C |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Draw | D | G | B | D | F | A | B | D | F | A |
Easy Third
I got this tuning from Rick Epping, it is a great tuning for Irish music and especially if you like to play chords and octaves. As you can see your blow side of the harmonica is a C major chord, and the draw side is D minor except for hole 7 draw. This is perfect for Irish tunes as a lot of them alter between these two chords. You can also play octaves on hole 2-5 & 3-6 draw which you can't do on a Richter or Paddy Richter.
Blow | C | E | G | C | E | G | C | E | G | C |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Draw | D | F | A | D | F | A | B | D | F | A |
Mixolydian
I got this tuning from Rick Epping, it is a great tuning for Irish music and especially if you like to play chords and octaves. As you can see your blow side of the harmonica is a C major chord, and the draw side is Bb major and D minor. This is perfect for Irish tunes as some of them alter between these three chords. You can also play octaves on hole 2-5 draw which you can't do on a Richter or Paddy Richter.
Blow | C | E | G | C | E | G | C | E | G | C |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Draw | D | F | A# | D | F | A | A# | D | F | A |
Natural minor
Blow | C | D# | G | C | D# | G | C | D# | G | C |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Draw | D | G | A# | D | F | A | A# | D | F | A |
Harmonic minor
Blow | C | D# | G | C | D# | G | C | D# | G | C |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Draw | D | G | B | D | F | G# | B | D | F | G# |
Country tuning
Blow | C | E | G | C | E | G | C | E | G | C |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Draw | D | G | B | D | F# | A | B | D | F | A |
Solo tuning
Blow | C | E | G | C | C | E | G | C | C | E |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Draw | D | F | A | B | D | F | A | B | D | F |
Solo tuning - Alternative
Blow | G | C | C | E | G | C | C | E | G | C |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Draw | A | B | D | F | A | B | D | F | A | B |
Chromatic
Solo tuning
The traditional tuning for chromatic harmonicas
Blow | C# | F | G# | C# | C# | F | G# | C# | C# | F | G# | C# |
Blow | C | E | G | C | C | E | G | C | C | E | G | C |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Draw | D | F | A | B | D | F | A | B | D | F | A | B |
Draw | D# | F# | A# | C | D# | F# | A# | C | D# | F# | A# | D |
Bebop tuning
Blow | C# | F | G# | B | C# | F | G# | B | C# | F | G# | C# |
Blow | C | E | G | A# | C | E | G | A# | C | E | G | C |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Draw | D | F | A | B | D | F | A | B | D | F | A | B |
Draw | D# | F# | A# | C | D# | F# | A# | C | D# | F# | A# | D |
Diminished tuning
Blow | C# | E | G | A# | C# | E | G# | A# | C# | E | G | A# |
Blow | C | D# | F# | A | C | D# | F# | A | C | D# | F# | A |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Draw | D | F | G# | B | D | F | G# | B | D | F | G# | B |
Draw | D# | F# | A | C | D# | F# | A | C | D# | F# | A | C |
