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