Re: White Stripes tune

["Shane Greene" <shane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Roy,
 I tried the song out and came up with this playing along with it on a G
diatonic:
6d 6d 7b 6d 6b 5d 5b

and on a C diatonic:
5b 5b 6b 4d 4b 3d

 Looking up the notes on http://www.overblow.com/harmonica/

I came up with:
E E G E D C B

I'm not good at figuring what position I'm playing in but I think maybe it's
in the key of G and C would be second position.
It's a cool tune. An amazing song with just a drummer and a guitarist.

Hope this helps,

Shane

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy G" <rgermon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 7:08 PM
Subject: White Stripes tune


>
> Hello all,
>
> There's a tune called "7 Nation Army" by a band called "The White
> Stripes".  The bass line is catchy, and has been rattling around in my
> head (without much company) for weeks.  Tonight I pulled out my pockey
> piano (aka the chromatic harp) to see if I could figure it out from
> memory.  I started on "C" for convenience, and this is what I figure the
> opening line is:
>
> C C Bb C Bb Ab G
>
> Now the fun begins.  I kind of thought it was in the key of the first
> note (I'm using C), but that's a pretty odd collection of notes for key
> of C...expecially the Ab seems out of place.  My next idea was F.  It
> looked like it would play well in 2nd position on a Bb (key of F) even
> though there is no F in it...It's a nicer fit.  The only oddball (in 2nd
> position anyway) is ending on the II...3d''.  Can be done but not very
> well by me just yet.
>
> I have two lines of questioning:
>
> 1)  Anyone know the song?  Do you know what key it is actually in, and
> which note of the bass riff that coresponds to?  Do I have the riff
> right (relative pitches, not absolute)?
>
> 2)  Given the above notes, what diatonic harp will this play well on?
> I've checked playing it in the key of C in first through 3rd (C, F, and
> Bb harps), as well as F in second position on a Bb harp, and none of
> them lay out super nice.  I might be missing something obvious.
>
> Thanks,
> rg
>
>
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