The most advanced "Diatonic" harmonica ever - presented by Brendan Power

Harmonica ace Brendan Power introduces the most advanced "diatonic" harmonica ever. He recently introduced his PowerBender tuning that allows to play draw-bendings in the upper register (www.brendanpower.com, also available at SEYDEL directly : www.seydel1847.de/powertunings).

UPDATE: As of March 31st 2013 Brendan no longer works for Suzuki. He is now independent again and pursuing his own harmonica projects at his website www.brendan-power.com and www.x-reed.com

The SEYDEL SESSION STEEL harmonica is equipped with stainless steel reeds that made another invention possible, namely to modify the pitch of a note with a magnet attached to a slider - Jim Antaki (aka Turbo-Dog - www.turboharp.com) did a really good job.

Another novelty in this harmonica is the half-valving (with PT Gazell's original valve material). This allows to get single reed bendings from all the blow notes on this instrument (www.ptgazell.com).

Compared to a standard Richter instrument it is possible to get ALL THE NOTES OF THE CHROMATIC scale without the use of overblows - handling and playabilty are nearly "usual" so it is easy to adopt to the new techniques on this instrument step by step. Some nice additional effects for certain musical styles are also possible with this fantastic and versatile harmonica...

Thanks Brendan Power for preparing this great video and sharing your ideas to the harmonica players on this planet.

The SEYDEL Team