Seydel Session Steel Special Tuning Power Draw includes Free USA Shipping

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SESSION STEEL in PowerDraw Tuning: same as normal in holes 1-6, but it lets you really wail in the upper register!

The SESSION STEEL PowerDraw, a harmonica that combines tradition and innovation. With its super airtight design and SEYDEL's unique Stainless Steel reeds, this harp really shows its expressive potential throughout the range in PowerDraw tuning. Think of it as the Big Six Plus!

PowerDraw tuning is easy to learn because:

  • The bulk of the harp (holes 1-6) stays exactly the same, so there is no need to re-learn anything in that meat and potatoes range you’re so accustomed to.
  • The breathing pattern of holes 1-6 (blow reed low, draw reed high in each hole)is retained all the way up to hole 10 on the PowerDraw. This gives the top octave an instant feeling of familiarity to anyone who tries it, because the techniques and riffs that work so well lower down work up there too (click on "Tone Table" above).
  • Simplified Technique: There are no blow bends and no overdraws needed in the PowerDraw tuning. Two of the most important ‘blue’ notes in 2nd position (the flat third, which was overblow 6) and the flat fifth (overdraw 7) are now simple draw bends on holes 7 and 8.
  • Every draw note bends from hole 6-10, soulful and easy! In un-valved setup every hole overblows, and the upper octave overblows are much easier than the overdraws necessary in Richter tuning.
  • Power Draw works well with the chordal octave-playing approach of tongue blockers. The notes in the top octave are similar to Richter, but the intervals are different. Because the chord splits sound nice and in-key, it is easy to adapt to.
  • The PowerDraw works great in other positions too, especially Third (nice useful bends in the top octave), Fifth (good expression in the top end), Second Position Minor (no need to overblow to get the flat 3rd ), Eleventh and Twelfth (great expression in the top octave).

If you feel familiar with playing in holes 1-6 on Richter diatonic already (or you play our BIG SIX model), the Power Draw is a good choice for you!

Power draw is great from the perspective of having the upper end of the harp repeat the mid range, so you can repeat your mid way licks an octave up.

blow

C4

E4

G4

C5

E5

G5

A5

C6

E6

A6

Hole

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

draw

D4

G4

B4

D5

F5

A5

B5

D6

G6

C7


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Vince Salerno
The Ultimate 2nd Position Experience!

If your playing Blues and tunes with mostly Dominant 7th Chords, you should try one of these. I bought one with the A tuning and the high notes sound majestic. I'm sure Little Walter would had loved the Power Bending tuning. Use more of the range of your Harmonica!

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Chip Curry
Cool Harp!

This tuning will make you look like a genius. At first, you may wonder what Brendon Powers was thinking, especially if you have tried the "PowerBender". You can play it in almost every position. First, second and third position will give you fun stuff for the entire range of the harp, unlike Richter. If you want to fool around, you can find old school haunting minor blues riffs in other, more limited positions. I recommend running some backing tracks in different keys to get the drift. You will amaze yourself when you hit one that works!