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== Available music == | == Available music == | ||
Most of our catalog is available for 10 note chimes. A ten-note Deagan tower chime spans 9 diatonic notes with one flat | Most of our catalog is available for 10 note chimes. A ten-note Deagan tower chime spans 9 diatonic notes with one flat 7th semitone. | ||
PDF Listing: [[Media:Library-Deagan_10_Notes.pdf|10-Note Deagan Library]] | PDF Listing: [[Media:Library-Deagan_10_Notes.pdf|10-Note Deagan Library]] | ||
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PDF Listing: [[Media:Library-Deagan_14_Notes.pdf|14-Note Deagan Library]] | PDF Listing: [[Media:Library-Deagan_14_Notes.pdf|14-Note Deagan Library]] | ||
Adds | Adds flat 2nd and flat 6th semitones to 12 note chime. | ||
Additional selections: | Additional selections: | ||
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** Properly played on 20 or more notes | ** Properly played on 20 or more notes | ||
=== | === 20 and 25 notes === | ||
PDF Listing: [[Media:Library-Deagan_25_Notes.pdf|25-Note Deagan Library]] | PDF Listing: [[Media:Library-Deagan_25_Notes.pdf|25-Note Deagan Library]] | ||
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Deagan chimes that are harmonically tuned were introduced in the late 1930s. Harmony arrangements are not generally available for chimes less than 16 notes. Early systems with 73-type relays would play harmony if the notes are overlapped (holding a bass tone). | Deagan chimes that are harmonically tuned were introduced in the late 1930s. Harmony arrangements are not generally available for chimes less than 16 notes. Early systems with 73-type relays would play harmony if the notes are overlapped (holding a bass tone). | ||
=== HP - Harmonic Piano | === HP - Harmonic Pedal (Piano style sustain) === | ||
Later (post 1940) harmonic Deagan tower chimes were supplied with 74-type relays that worked with a keyboard pedal acting like a piano's sustain pedal. Music rolls recorded by June Albright Howard have this pedal signal encoded on them. Note that with the 74-type relays the musician playing a melody without harmonization must play strict legato and pedal all repeated notes. Otherwise the note will die as soon as the key is released, just like a piano. | Later (post 1940) harmonic Deagan tower chimes were supplied with 74-type relays that worked with a keyboard pedal acting like a piano's sustain pedal. Music rolls recorded by June Albright Howard have this pedal signal encoded on them. Note that with the 74-type relays the musician playing a melody without harmonization must play strict legato and pedal all repeated notes. Otherwise the note will die as soon as the key is released, just like a piano. | ||
[[Category:Deagan]] | [[Category:Deagan]] | ||