Official Harmonica Thread

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Mon May 02, 2005 6:43 pm

I ordered a set of 7 harmonicas and a holder so i can double on harp and guitar from musicians friend on friday and the harmonica deserves a thread. Ask any questions about finding the key of a song, technique, etc. here.

Song Keys:

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#34                       - A
#36                       - C
#40                       - C
#41                       - Verse - Em // Chorus - G
Aint It Funny How Time    - D
All Along The Watchtower  - Am
An' Another Thing         - ??
Angel                     - B
Angel From Montgomery     - G
Anyone Seen the Bridge    - ??
Ants Marching             - D
Baby                      - D
Back to Alexandria        - C
Bartender                 - D
Big Eyed Fish             - Em
Blue Water                - Em?
Busted Stuff              - G
Captain                   - Verse - C#m // Roll me back again - E
Christmas Song            - D
Cortex The Killer         - ??
Crash Into Me             - E
Crazy                     - C#m
Crush                     - Bm
Cry Freedom               - E
Cryptorchild              - ??
Dancing Nancies           - D
Deed is Done              - Em?
Diggin a Ditch            - G
Dodo                      - Bb
Don't Drink the Water     - D
Drive in Drive Out        - A
Everyday                  - C
Exodus                    - Am
Fool to Think             - ??
For the Beauty of Wynona  - ??
Grace is Gone             - D
Granny                    - D
Gravedigger               - Am
Grey Blue Eyes            - G
Grey Street               - Bm
Gulf Coast Highway        - D
Halloween                 - C (Am?)??
Help Myself               - ??
Hold Me Down              - ??
I Did It                  - ??
I'll Back You Up          - A?
If I Had A Boat           - E
If I Had it All           - ??
In My Life                - A
Jimi Thing                - E
John the Revelator        - ??
JTR                       - ??
Kit Kat Jam- F Chorus     - A
Let You Down              - D?
Lie In Our Graves         - D
Little Thing              - ??
Long Black Veil           - C
Love Of My Life           - Gm
Lover Lay Down            - D
Loving Wings              - D
Minarets                  - Em
Monkey man                - Gm // Chorus - Dm
Mother Father             - ??
Oh                        - ??
One Sweet World           - Eb
Pantala Naga Pampa        - D
Pay For What You Get      - Dm
Pig                       - E
Proudest Monkey           - Ab
Rapunzel                  - The 5/4 part - Dm // Verse - G // Chorus - Dm // Ending - G
Raven                     - Em // One hand is bleeding - F
Recently                  - Verse - G // Intro - ?? // Chorus - ??
Rhyme And Reason          - Gm
Satellite                 - Ab
Save Me                   - G
Say Goodbye               - A
Seek Up                   - Dm // Chorus - A
Sex Machine               - ??
Sleep to Dream Her        - ??
So Damn Lucky             - ??
So Much To Say            - Am // Chorus - C
So Right                  - Verse - Bm // Chrous - D
Some Devil                - ??
Spoon                     - G
Spotlight                 - ??
Stairway to Heaven        - Am
Stay                      - Bb
Stay or Leave             - ??
Stream                    - ??
Stuck on You              - G
Sweet Up and Down         - Bm
The Best of What's Around - Verse - Am // Rest - A
The Dreaming Tree         - Intro - A // Verse - Dm // Chorus - A // Outro - Dm
The Last Stop             - F#
The Maker                 - F // Verse - Dm
The Song Jane Likes       - G
The Space Between         - A
The Stone                 - Dm // Chorus - F
Too High                  - ??
Too Much                  - F#
Tripping Billies          - Verse - D // Chorus - Bm
Trouble                   - ??
True Reflections          - ??
Two Step                  - Dm // Chorus - F
Typical Situation         - Em
Up and Away               - ??
Warehouse                 - Bm
Waste                     - ??
What Will Become Of Me    - Em
What Would You Say        - A
What You Are              - ??
When The World Ends       - ??
Where Are You Going       - D
Why Should I              - G#
You Never Know            - Verse - E // Pre-chorus - Bm // Chorus - G or C??

Techniques:
1) Start on an inhale

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Cross Harp Chart

Key of Song | Key of Harmonica
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A           | E
A#          | F
B           | F#
C           | G
C#          | G#
D           | A
D#          | A#
E           | B
F           | C
F#          | C#
G           | D

Anybody thats adds/corrects song keys or adds techniques ill add them to this list.

DRMusic · Post by **DRMusic** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:45 pm

thats awesome man, uber thanks

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:49 pm

I need some help finding the keys of these songs: (or you could teach me how to find keys)

Collide (i kno its e when capoed on 4, but i capo it on 3, does that mean its the key of e flat?)
Wonderwall capoed on 1
Slide (goo goo dolls)

6_strings_for_life · Post by **6_strings_for_life** » Wed May 04, 2005 11:10 pm

cool! I play some harp. my favorite songs to play are bobs watchtower and a song called 'from hank to hendrix' by neil young. I dont know any real theory of anything i just blow and have fun. Hopefully i can learn a few things from this thread!

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu May 05, 2005 2:25 pm

you can obviously play in the key of the song or you can play the cross harp key for a different sound

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Cross Harp Chart

Key of Song | Key of Harmonica
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A           | E
Bb          | F
C           | G
D           | A
E           | B
F           | C
G           | D

Dan5290 · Post by **Dan5290** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:36 pm

I've had one for a couple months, and I've fooled around with it a little bit, but I really want to get better at it. How did you guys learn? Can you recommend any books or websites that you've used to help you out?

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:13 am

there is no such "key" as harmonic minor numbnuts

i think you need to start getting better acquainted with certain material before you start to offer to help people with said material

Grandpagotgame · Post by **Grandpagotgame** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:39 am

so is they key E minor??? Is the riff in minarets based off of notes in the E harmonic minor scale then?

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:04 pm

my mom (music teacher) just said that the first and last chord has like a 90% chance of being the key and ive found it to be true in most cases... and fatjack... who is numbnuts in your post?

edit: ooh, i didnt make that list, i lifted it from an earlier thread. any corrections are welcome fatty

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:07 pm

praisedave wrote:my mom (music teacher) just said that the first and last chord has like a 90% chance of being the key and ive found it to be true in most cases... and fatjack... who is numbnuts in your post?

edit: ooh, i didnt make that list, i lifted it from an earlier thread. any corrections are welcome fatty

who ever said that a song was in the key of E Harmonic Minor..

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:08 pm

DMBFan63 wrote:
praisedave wrote:my mom (music teacher) just said that the first and last chord has like a 90% chance of being the key and ive found it to be true in most cases... and fatjack... who is numbnuts in your post?

edit: ooh, i didnt make that list, i lifted it from an earlier thread. any corrections are welcome fatty
who ever said that a song was in the key of E Harmonic Minor..

i dunno find the original thread via the SEARCH button

Dan5290 · Post by **Dan5290** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:57 pm

WWYS is in A, right?

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:10 pm

praisedave wrote:
DMBFan63 wrote:
praisedave wrote:my mom (music teacher) just said that the first and last chord has like a 90% chance of being the key and ive found it to be true in most cases... and fatjack... who is numbnuts in your post?

edit: ooh, i didnt make that list, i lifted it from an earlier thread. any corrections are welcome fatty
who ever said that a song was in the key of E Harmonic Minor..
i dunno find the original thread via the SEARCH button

that's who he was calling a numbnuts is all I was saying

littlefriend · Post by **littlefriend** » Thu May 12, 2005 12:55 am

Things have taken a turn for the worse.

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:53 am

littlefriend420 wrote:

Things have taken a turn for the worse.

shut it up you.

what the hell are you even talking about?