Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 23:53:30 +0100 From: Xavier =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lanusse=2DCazal=E9?= Subject: A and D harp (was Re: ~I Live The Life I Love ...)
Hi Rob,
It would take a whole lot more to make a genius out of me ;) BTW, I don't think the whole solo is on the D harp. I just listened to it and it sounds like from 1'29 to 1'38 he plays on the D harp and then goes back on the A harp to play something like 2D 3Db 4B 4Db 4D wah4D 4Db 3Db 2D 2D 3Db 4B 4Db 4D 4Db 4D 4Db 3Db 2D 4&5D 4Db 4B 3Db 2D 4D<=>5D (shake) 4Db 3Db 2D 3Db 4B 2D 2D 2D 3D 4B(*) 4D 5D 4D 4B 3D 2D 2D 1D 2Dbb 1D (*): with may be a little 3B just before kinda like a tongue slap, can't really tell what it sounds like
That's how the A harp part of the solos sounds to me (from 1'38 till 1'58)
It would be a good exercise to play the same melody in 3rd position. You might not get the same articulation and bends of double stops but just the melody is good enough to practice all that stuff. Kinda like Mark Hummel who plays Juke (or at least part of it) in 1st, 2d and 3rd position on his video to illustrate the fact that it's good practice to take a 2d position link and transpose it to another position.
I hope it helped. Cheers,
Xavier
Robert Eberwein wrote:
> Greetings Xavier, > > As it turns out you're a freaking genius. The whole solo IS on a D > harp. So there it is. ~I Live The Life~ is a D harp [third position], > in E. I wouldn't have even reached for anything but my ~A~ without > you. Thanks. > > As to ~Position~ stuff. It's easy to mis-speak when it comes to all > that, no? I mean, truth is, I'm always in the same damn ~key~ as the > guitar is. I just sometimes use a harp labeled in that same key- - > -more often one that is 3 more steps up- - and sometimes 1 step down. > > Thanks again, > Robb
