Seydel 1847 Classic Powerdraw (A Powerdraw)

The PowerDraw mood is easy to learn:

1. The breathing patterns in 1-6 (blasts always lower than the draws) are continued into the upper register with the PowerDraw. This gives the player a very similar playing feel in the upper register as in the lower register. Many riffs and playing techniques now also work in channels 7-10, without confusing breathing patterns like on the Richter.

2. The main part of the instrument (1-6) is unchanged and you can play as usual and you don't have to learn anything from scratch.

3. Simplified playing technique: There are no overdraws - two of the most important 'blue notes' in the 2nd position (the minor third, OB 6) and the diminished fifth, OD 7) are now simple draw bends on the PowerDraw - draw 9 is the root note in the 2nd position.

4. You can bend every draw note in 1-4 and 6-10! Due to the half-valving (according to PT Gazell) you can also play all semitone wind bendings from 1-10 (with some bending). This makes the chromatic scale playable (without overbending)!

5. If you remove the valves on the lower reedplate, you can overblow any note (OB). The overblows in the upper octave are then easier to play than the overdraws on a Richter.

6. On the PowerDraw you can play well with chord accompaniment (reed technique). The notes in the upper octave are almost the same as on the Richter, but there are additional notes that go well with the triads.

7. The PowerDraw can also be used well in other playing positions, e.g. in the 3rd position (minor, important bending notes in the upper register), in the 5th position, in the 2nd position in minor (no! OB for the minor third) and in the 11th and 12th position (very pleasant playing in the upper register).