So I bought a Chromatic C Swan harmonica from Amazon a few days ago and was really pleased with how it sounded. No problems from the start, great harmonica.

But today, for whatever reason, the fourth note has changed to a tone that's the exact same as the fifth note. It's only when I blow in, and it's the same when I press the slide button. I've taken off the casing, but not past the reeds and tapped it to remove moisture, pressed on the reeds, etc. but I don't know what it is.

Does anyone have an idea of why this has happened?
Thanks in advance.

go to resources on the left and hit tab rulers, then look at chibluesteve's layout for chromatic harps you'll see that 4 blow, 5 blow and 4button draw are all the same note, C it's just the nature of the layout of chromatic harps, basically so that each octave is the same layout as every other

Dang, that sounds more confusing than a diatonic.

The layout is actually quite convenient. It gives the player three ways to accomplish the "C" note: one by blowing either 4, or 5 (or 1, or 8, or 9, or 12), the other by drawing -4 (or -8 or -12) with the button in (depicted as -4*, or -8*, or -12* in my tabs).

You'll also find you can accomplish the "F" note in one of two ways: either by drawing in on hole 2 (-2, or -6, or -10) or by blowing 2 with the button in (2*, or 6*, or 10*).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/01/2015 02:10AM by EarthDogHarpin.