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A.J.Fedor:
Split Chording or Chord Splitting = ?

A.J.Fedor:
Split Chord or Chord splitting:

A fairly easy chord harmonica technique whereby the player plays two adjacent chords while blocking the high notes of the left chord and the low notes of the right chord with his/her tongue to produce unique chords that are otherwise unattainable.

chrissie:
Wow!  That sounds tricky!

A.J.Fedor:
Actually, it's pretty easy. (Just went back and added that part to the definition  :) )
The hardest part is coming up with a chord harmonica  8)

pyro_fire60099:
Age, I've been learning and playing music with splits chords since the mid 80's are they easy? NO way! here is a list of all regular and split chord combinations that can be played on the Hohner 48 chord harmonica the Suzuki 48 chord has some of the same but then produces many other chords because it uses 3 different chord inversions on this harmonica, Wally

Here is a small lists of chords in either the straight  position or in the split position that are on the Hohner 48 chord Note: these are played  with the major chords on top minor chords on bottom, if you flip the chord upside down you get a whole different world of split chords.

12-Major                                      11-Major 7th (draw-different tongue block position)
12-Dominant 7th                                        11-6th (draw-different tongue block position)
12-Minor                                      11-Dominant 7#9th (Jimi Hendrix chord)
6-Diminished 7th                                       12- 5th (Cajun sounding chord)                 
6-Augmented                                       11-Minor 7th -Tongue block 2 minor chords                                               
11-Major 9th                                       11-Minor 9th -Tongue block 2 minor chords                                                   
11-Major 7th-blow                             11- inverted Major- Tongue block 2 minor chords                   
11-6th-blow                                        11- inverted Major 7th -Tongue block 2 minor chords
1-Am6 (tongue block E+ and F#Dim7)

Please note: I left out about 15 more chords that can be made by tongue block/ splitting 2 minor chords and drawing  between a Augmented and a Diminishd chord , I will add those to this list   

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