WILL WILDE is the HARMONICA PLAYING CAT IN 'MORE THAN' TV AD!
Will Wilde is the harmonica player behind the scenes of the new "More Than: Pet's Got The Blues" national TV advert.
WILL WILDE LAUNCHES NEW ROCK HARMONICA TUNING!
"I designed the Wilde tuning specifically for playing hard rock and blues-rock on the harmonica. As much as I love the standard Richter tuning, I have always found it frustrating when it comes to playing “rock guitar” style licks, particularly in the upper octave. The Wilde tuning addresses all of the problems I had with Richter, whilst still retaining the bluesy feel of classic second position harmonica that we all know and love.
Whereas Richter tuning was primarily designed for playing major chords and the major scale in first position, Wilde tuning is specifically designed for playing second position minor pentatonic and blues scale licks, throughout all three octaves.
I have always preferred the sound of draw notes and draw bends to blow notes and blow bends, as you can get more expression and a better tone & vibrato from them. So, on the Wilde tuning ALL of the draw notes bend (from holes one to ten) and your root note lands on a draw in all three octaves.
Holes one to five are exactly the same as standard tuning. Holes six, seven and eight are the same as holes two, three and four (just an octave higher). Hole nine is the same as hole two (just two octaves higher) and the reeds in hole ten are reversed (so that what was a blow bend is now a draw bend). This makes fast minor pentatonic/blues scale runs much easier and means you no longer need to overblow/overdraw to get the flat third and flat five in the upper octave as they are now available as simple draw bends.
I think that the Wilde tuning is the configuration that every aspiring rock harp player has been waiting for." Will Wilde
The Wilde Tuning is available to ORDER NOW.
WILL WILDE ON TOUR OCT/NOV 2018
WILL WILDE PAYS TRIBUTE TO BLACK SABBATH WITH HIS COVER OF 'THE WIZARD'
“I wanted to pay tribute to the mighty Black Sabbath with this cover. The Wizard is arguably the heaviest song of all time to feature the harmonica as a lead instrument. It sums up the ethos behind the new album" The album 'Bring it on Home' is available to ORDER NOW. Video by Philip James - Pajama Films