Re: [Harp-L] Here Comes the Bride

["Cara Cooke" <cyberharp@xxxxxxxxx>]

An octave up and no bend is required to play the front (most recognizable
portion) of the "Wedding March" ("Here Comes the Bride") on a standard
Richter harmonica  .

Try this (using the '-', or dash, as a timing mechanism indicating a note is
held an extra beat:

6B - - -  7B - -  7B  7B - - - - - - -
6B - - -  8D - -  7D  7B - - - - - - -
6B - - -  7B - -  8B  9D - - -  8B - -  8D  7B - -  8D  7B  7D -  7B  8D - -
- - - - -
6B - - -  7B - -  7B  7B - - - - - - -
6B - - -  8D - -  7D  7B - - - - - - -
6B - - -  7B - -  8B  9B - - -  8B - -  7B  6D - - - 8D - -  8B  7B - - - -
- - - -

In this particular version of the tune, the beat counted in the tab is
running fairly fast so that the beat indicated by the dash really makes up
only one quarter of the real beat of the music.  (In other words, the entire
down beat would consist of four dashes, as would the 2nd beat, the 3rd, and
the 4th.  This is necessary so that the quicker notes having only a portion
of the beat can be shown with the proper respect to the longer ones -- so
you won't have to guess too hard about the flourish created by the quicker
notes.)

I hope your niece has a beautiful wedding.  The harmonica will certainly add
to the experience.

Cara Cooke


On 11/28/06, Tim Moyer <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> bloozeharp wrote:
> > My niece's wedding is happening soon and she up
> > and decides that she would like for me to do the
> > "Here Comes the Bride" part on harp. I'm flattered
> > she asked, and of course I'll do it. Anyone have a
> > good version they might share?
>
> Last spring my jazz band played a wedding reception and they asked
> us to do the wedding march and the recessional.  We arrived early
> and set up our gear for the reception, then moved over to the area
> where the ceremony was taking place and positioned ourselves to the
> side.  We had acoustic guitar, harmonica, high hat and snare (with
> brushes), and the bass played played through a Pignose.  I got the
> melody part, and I played 1st position on a Paddy Richter, just
> simply ran through the melody over and over while the bride came in
> from the back.  The guitarist comped on chords, and our drummer
> remembered to bring "the magic", one of those sets of chimes of
> ascending pitch.
>
> Here's a tab (remember, this is Paddy Richter):
>
> 2D 4B 4B 4B
> 2D 4D 3D 4B
> 2D 4B 5B 6B 5B 4B 3B 4D 4D 4D
>
> 2D 4B 4B 4B
> 2D 4D 3D 4B
> 2D 4B 5B 6B 5B 4B 3B 4D 5B 4B
>
> On a German standard tuned harp you'd have to replace the 3Bs with
> 3D--.
>
> Just make it natural and folksy, it can be very beautiful.
>
> -tim
>
>
>
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