Could use some help with a song

[Mike_in_SD]

Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..

There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.

Its a harp solo ..

http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3

this is where its at .. I dont know if its being played on
an F harp or cross on a C .. or .. totally something else

anybody help ?

thanks
mike

[Harpman]

Post by Mike_in_SD
Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..
There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.
Its a harp solo ..
http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3
this is where its at .. I dont know if its being played on
an F harp or cross on a C .. or .. totally something else
anybody help ?
thanks
mike

The song is written in the key of C. It is an F harmonica which is the
second position(or cross harp) of C. Good luck. Allen

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[Harpman]

Post by Mike_in_SD
Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..
There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.
Its a harp solo ..
http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3
this is where its at .. I dont know if its being played on
an F harp or cross on a C .. or .. totally something else
anybody help ?
thanks
mike

As an aside: It can be difficult to repeat this , note for note, as most
if not all blues is improvisational. The same musician can play that
song 5 different times and each time it will be slightly different.Just
get the general idea of the melody and do your onw thing with it on the
F harp. It will be much more enjoyable and much less frustration then
trying to learn it note for note. Hope this helps. Allen

[Zoran]

Post by Mike_in_SD
Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..
There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.
Its a harp solo ..
http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3
this is where its at .. I dont know if its being played on
an F harp or cross on a C .. or .. totally something else
anybody help ?
thanks
mike

Man, if you like this song, if you play the harp, well then you can take it,
it's very easy, this is school technich, lips wah, throath plus hand vibrato
and all the time the same tricks, liesten a lot, ten times, twenty, take the
harp and tryin' to play, an acoustic play. Try it man, isn't so hard.

[Captain Pleased]

Post by Zoran

Post by Mike_in_SD
Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..
There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.
Its a harp solo ..
http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3
this is where its at .. I dont know if its being played on
an F harp or cross on a C .. or .. totally something else
anybody help ?
thanks
mike

Man, if you like this song, if you play the harp, well then you can take it,
it's very easy, this is school technich, lips wah, throath plus hand vibrato
and all the time the same tricks, liesten a lot, ten times, twenty, take the
harp and tryin' to play, an acoustic play. Try it man, isn't so hard.- Hide quoted text -
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ZORAN THE GREAT!!!

Listen to this man, he KNOWS!!! He is one bad ass harp player!

[RPM1]

Post by Mike_in_SD
Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..
There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.
Its a harp solo ..
http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3
this is where its at .. I dont know if its being played on
an F harp or cross on a C .. or .. totally something else
anybody help ?

I'm pretty new too, but if I were going to try to figure that song out, I
would start by breaking the song into pieces. First I would figure out what
the notes are that the player is hanging on. You know, the notes that he's
holding and wailing on. Once I could play along with the song, just playing
those notes pretty well, then I would start figuring out the up and down
runs that are in between the wailing notes. Go slowly and work on the tone
and breathing too.

Just my $0.02
Patrick

[Mike_in_SD]

Post by Mike_in_SD
Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..
There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.
Its a harp solo ..
http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3

ok .. thanks guys for the tips .. at least now I can
work it out using the right harp .. its pretty
frustrating using the wrong harp and finding "most" of
the notes .. ahaha if you know what I mean ..


anyways .. thanks again
mike

[Mukluk]

Hey Mike, get yourself one of these little gems, and you'll be able
to figure out the key to any song quickly.

http://coast2coastmusic.com/cgi-bin/cart/KRMK.html

Chuck

Post by Mike_in_SD

Post by Mike_in_SD
Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..
There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.
Its a harp solo ..
http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3

ok .. thanks guys for the tips .. at least now I can
work it out using the right harp .. its pretty
frustrating using the wrong harp and finding "most" of
the notes .. ahaha if you know what I mean ..
anyways .. thanks again
mike

[Mike_in_SD]

Post by Mukluk
Hey Mike, get yourself one of these little gems, and you'll be able
to figure out the key to any song quickly.
http://coast2coastmusic.com/cgi-bin/cart/KRMK.html
Chuck

cool .. let me at it ..

but with my vast knowledge of music I dont know
if I should order the F-F or the C-C ?

mike

[Mukluk]

Either one should do the trick. I got the C-C and it works just fine.

Chuck

Post by Mike_in_SD

Post by Mukluk
Hey Mike, get yourself one of these little gems, and you'll be able
to figure out the key to any song quickly.
http://coast2coastmusic.com/cgi-bin/cart/KRMK.html
Chuck

cool .. let me at it ..
but with my vast knowledge of music I dont know
if I should order the F-F or the C-C ?
mike

[Zoran]

Post by RPM1
I'm pretty new too, but if I were going to try to figure that song out, I
would start by breaking the song into pieces. First I would figure out
what the notes are that the player is hanging on. You know, the notes
that he's holding and wailing on. Once I could play along with the song,
just playing those notes pretty well, then I would start figuring out the
up and down runs that are in between the wailing notes. Go slowly and
work on the tone and breathing too.
Just my $0.02
Patrick

Just like that Patrick, that's it. If somebody learn to play instead of us,
we loose the knowlidge of harp playing.

[Keith Adams]

Good advice all the way around Harpman. The playing reminds me of Charlie
McCoys . Learning it note for note doesnt make much sense to me. The tune
is non descript and a simple moving up and down the scale. It could be done
in a myriad of slight variations and one way would be as good as the next.

Post by Mike_in_SD
Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..
There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.
Its a harp solo ..
http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3
this is where its at .. I dont know if its being played on
an F harp or cross on a C .. or .. totally something else
anybody help ?
thanks
mike

[Dim Dave]

Agreed its a simple blues really but well worth trying to copy some of
the way its played. The player moves around really smoothly and
there's some difficult bends which he gets just right (to my ears
anyway) and especially that bending down and back again from the kind
of warble effect (know what I mean? you'll know it when you listen to
the song) which always sounds good (in moderation of course) and is
hard to do well but with practice is quite possible. I don't think
you'd need to learn it note for note but as Zoran the Great said, its a
good track to learn some techniques from. Who is it?

Dave

Post by Keith Adams
Good advice all the way around Harpman. The playing reminds me of
Charlie McCoys . Learning it note for note doesnt make much sense to
me. The tune is non descript and a simple moving up and down the
scale. It could be done in a myriad of slight variations and one way
would be as good as the next.

Post by Mike_in_SD
Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..
There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.
Its a harp solo ..
http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3
this is where its at .. I dont know if its being played on
an F harp or cross on a C .. or .. totally something else
anybody help ?
thanks
mike

[Mike_in_SD]

Post by Dim Dave
Agreed its a simple blues really but well worth trying to copy some of
the way its played. The player moves around really smoothly and
there's some difficult bends which he gets just right (to my ears
anyway) and especially that bending down and back again from the kind
of warble effect (know what I mean? you'll know it when you listen to
the song) which always sounds good (in moderation of course) and is
hard to do well but with practice is quite possible. I don't think
you'd need to learn it note for note but as Zoran the Great said, its a
good track to learn some techniques from. Who is it?
Dave

Post by Mike_in_SD
Hi .. pretty new .. so bear with me ..
There is this song that I really want to learn to play ..
It seems like an easy one .. but .. ill be damned if I
can figure it out.
Its a harp solo ..
http://www.mikeamick.com/good_solo.mp3
mike

I forgot where I got it .. but .. It just makes those little blues
hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

I can usually figure out a song after a while .. but . this guy
makes those bent notes sound like "not bent notes" if ya know what I
mean .. when I bend a note its kinda obvious ... not with this guy

anyways .. im finally getting it down a bit with you guys help

thanks
mike

[Silk]

Seems to me that playing it in 3rd position on a Bb harp makes it easier to
get that player's feel and achieve those bends.
Silk

[ben bouman]

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