Philosofy
27 posts
May 17, 2008
7:38 AM
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Since I'm fairly tone deaf, I can never tell if I'm in the right key or not when jamming to a song on my iPod or the radio. That's fine by me, but sometimes I'd like to know what harp the artist is playing. I thought I'd start this thread as a source for us to figure out what key a song is in.
Most of us know Whammer Jammer is in the key of E, played on an A harp.
I'd like to know what key Charlie McCoy plays on Orange Blossom Special.
Are there any standard songs you can volunteer? Any you want figured out?
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eharp
29 posts
May 17, 2008
2:11 PM
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i think there is a site that has lots of song keys. it might be a dave barret masterclass site.
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sloeg
2 posts
May 17, 2008
3:34 PM
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for your orange special song i've looked on youtuve and the first thing I noticed is that he uses two harps. Second if you play cross harp, I think he uses: after a try the 4th blow note of a C harp which is a C I think, and looking at my chart, it would then be a F harp. but don't know if he plays cross harp because I tried some of his stuff and c harp works quite well.
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sloeg
3 posts
May 17, 2008
3:38 PM
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sorry but after looking at his mouth, he seems to draw to play the beggining of the tune. On my previous post I said it worked well on a C harp but you need to blow 456 to do what he does so the pieces don't feet. Try a F harp and tell us (unfortunetly I don't have one to confirm what I say). Oh I just wanted to make sure it was the right song : the lint to what I listened to is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_cT14JALaQ&feature=related
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David Thomas
2 posts
May 17, 2008
10:28 PM
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On the CD - The Greatest Hits of Charlie McCoy the harps used on Orange Blossom Special are an F & Bb. The keys are C & F.
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Philosofy
28 posts
May 27, 2008
8:48 AM
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OK, next song: Runaway by Bonnie Raitt. It has that great Norton Buffalo harp solo. What key does he use?
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Jeff
87 posts
May 27, 2008
10:07 AM
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You should really try using google, haha. Four seconds and I found this:
http://www.harp-l.com/pipermail/harp-l/2003-July/msg00635.html
Last Edited by on May 27, 2008 10:13 AM
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Philosofy
29 posts
May 27, 2008
10:16 AM
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You're right: I should have Googled. And holy crap! 4 harps for one solo! I thought I had it down with one harp. I'm learning that I don't know nearly as much as I used to!
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Jeff
88 posts
May 27, 2008
10:35 AM
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Yeah, Norton Buffalo is simply a harp genius. He has a lot of creative intricate solos like that. I love his work with Roy Rogers.
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