Which kind of harmonica plays Arabic songs. Basically… Defining Arabic music is a matter of debate that I really feel unqualified to deal with. #Maqam_system If you define the Arabic scale as C Db E F G Ab Bb C, Then what you do is purchase two Hohner Country Tuned Special 20 harmonicas. If you want to play the above scale in the key of C, purchase a B and a C. Take the bottom plate off the B and put it into the C harmonica. The Special 20 is a pretty good just intonation sound, and Arabic music lends itself to this approach. The note layout will also give you a great middle eastern sound if you want to play western music to an Arabic beat. www. Harptabs. Com A more expensive approach would be to stick with a chromatic harmonica which will allow you to play other scales that fit your perception of Arabic music. I don’t recommend this approach. Chromatic harmonicas are very difficult to play and are flat out “not very good harmonicas. ” [Don’t everyone jump on me at once here. I have a right to my opinions. ] If you are really interested in playing chromatically, stacking two diatonic harmonicas one step apart, like a B and C, would be just as good or better than purchasing a chromatic harmonica. You can play one stacked on top of the other and use a 12 tone chromatic scale. Simple enough, just put the two harmonicas you purchased back together and stack them one on top of the other. This would take considerable skill, so it wouldn’t be as fun as the one harmonica I am suggesting you construct from two Country Tuned harmonicas. If you are serious about playing all possible Arabic scales you are going to spend any serious money on customized instruments and only play one diatonic [seven note] scale at one time. We are talking twenty four notes of which you play only seven at one time in Arabic music. I counsel against this. If you want to pay for a customized harmonica: If you really don’t know what you are looking for, Pat Missin is rather well educated about alternate tunings and can school you along as to what you should be playing. As for myself, I think I’ve given you a good tip. Then again, you can just purchase what is called a harmonic minor tuned harmonica which has the scale of C D Eb F G Ab B C. This will give you a middle eastern sound, but will not sound nearly as good as what you are looking for.
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