Thanks for the feedback. I’d noceitd the swap in the vocals on the video footage. Prior to that I’d assumed the harp was dubbed over the top of Lennon’s vocal. Not something that would work live though. Now it makes sense. Might have to post this in the trivia box!Pat Missin mentions the Brian Jones query too. Wouldn’t you just love to have been there? Meanwhile check out the Delbert McClinton interview. There’s a link from the Hey Baby entry under the Trivia/Who Played That menu button.
I started with a Package set of Lee Oskar Diatonic. It included a Hohner Chromatic, a Hohner mike, and a harmonica case. There are five harmonicas in the major keys, I still need the B and E. The E I find that I need as much as the other keys that I have. I love those Lee Oskar harmonicas and they seem easy to work on when I want to clean or check the reeds. I would love to learn that Chromatic someday, but when I toot on it now, it’s just too much to understand. With all the keys, and the button for sharps and flats, its like trying to learn to play a piano. I would rather use a regular mike than the harmonica mikes. Personally, I don’t like the sound with a harmonica mike, and I can’t talk into it and have to use a second mike. I am thinking of pulling out the slots of the case and redesigning it. I don’t know what pattern they had to place things in it when they designed it. I think besides the diatonic B and E, I am looking at buying a couple of Melody Makers or maybe a twelve hole harmonica that would give me the missing notes on the Diatonic. Have you ever used a twelve hole? It’s described as being a Chromatic pattern without the button, so you would need to go back to needing at least seven of them.
Hi Nella, I missed replying, my apologies.
For a 14 hole harp look for a Steve Baker Special by Hohner.
If you want some chromatic notes with blues chords try a Hohner Koch model -best of both styles.
Cheers
Max
Raggle Taggle Gypsy is a great song! Folk songs are usually pleayd straight harp or on a chromatic harmonica. As far as the songs you are talking about, I would recommend a chromatic harmonica for what you want to play. If you wanted to play blues or rock, Diatonic harmonicas are the way to go because of the way they are pleayd. For folk music, note bending and all that are unnecessary.A chromatica harmonica will be able to play any folk song you want, (from what I understand, I don’t own one.) They are also cheaper in the long run. $200 for a chromatic is still cheaper than 8 out of 12 diatonic harmonicas at $30 a go.As far as the songs, I will look around for a book of folk songs to recommend I know I have one with Drunken Sailor, I just don’t know where it is or what the name is off hand. I know it has both tabs and standard notation, it also has a cd with the songs on it.If you want to know about chromatic harmonicas, I am working up an article on it and I’ll have it posted when I finish it.
Thanks for the feedback. I’d noceitd the swap in the vocals on the video footage. Prior to that I’d assumed the harp was dubbed over the top of Lennon’s vocal. Not something that would work live though. Now it makes sense. Might have to post this in the trivia box!Pat Missin mentions the Brian Jones query too. Wouldn’t you just love to have been there? Meanwhile check out the Delbert McClinton interview. There’s a link from the Hey Baby entry under the Trivia/Who Played That menu button.
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I started with a Package set of Lee Oskar Diatonic. It included a Hohner Chromatic, a Hohner mike, and a harmonica case. There are five harmonicas in the major keys, I still need the B and E. The E I find that I need as much as the other keys that I have. I love those Lee Oskar harmonicas and they seem easy to work on when I want to clean or check the reeds. I would love to learn that Chromatic someday, but when I toot on it now, it’s just too much to understand. With all the keys, and the button for sharps and flats, its like trying to learn to play a piano. I would rather use a regular mike than the harmonica mikes. Personally, I don’t like the sound with a harmonica mike, and I can’t talk into it and have to use a second mike. I am thinking of pulling out the slots of the case and redesigning it. I don’t know what pattern they had to place things in it when they designed it. I think besides the diatonic B and E, I am looking at buying a couple of Melody Makers or maybe a twelve hole harmonica that would give me the missing notes on the Diatonic. Have you ever used a twelve hole? It’s described as being a Chromatic pattern without the button, so you would need to go back to needing at least seven of them.
Hi Nella, I missed replying, my apologies.
For a 14 hole harp look for a Steve Baker Special by Hohner.
If you want some chromatic notes with blues chords try a Hohner Koch model -best of both styles.
Cheers
Max
Raggle Taggle Gypsy is a great song! Folk songs are usually pleayd straight harp or on a chromatic harmonica. As far as the songs you are talking about, I would recommend a chromatic harmonica for what you want to play. If you wanted to play blues or rock, Diatonic harmonicas are the way to go because of the way they are pleayd. For folk music, note bending and all that are unnecessary.A chromatica harmonica will be able to play any folk song you want, (from what I understand, I don’t own one.) They are also cheaper in the long run. $200 for a chromatic is still cheaper than 8 out of 12 diatonic harmonicas at $30 a go.As far as the songs, I will look around for a book of folk songs to recommend I know I have one with Drunken Sailor, I just don’t know where it is or what the name is off hand. I know it has both tabs and standard notation, it also has a cd with the songs on it.If you want to know about chromatic harmonicas, I am working up an article on it and I’ll have it posted when I finish it.