Solo tuning
Solo tuning is a system of choosing the reeds for a diatonic wind instrument to fit a pattern where blow notes repeat a sequence of
and draw notes follow a repeating sequence of
. Or. alternately, these blow notes and draw notes, raised by a semitone, to
and to
Traditionally, this tuning is used with chromatic harmonicas, as opposed to the more common and popular diatonic harmonicas, which use Richter tuning.
For example:
and