RE: [Harp-L] Re: Dangerous Harp

[Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

I watched the AI show, and I agree that it was a
synthesized harmonica sound--sure sounded that way
to me.  But it wasn't as bad as Simon said it was.

Ken H in OH

--- Bill Hines <billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Someone told me that on the second song "I Should
> Have Known Better" it
> was actually keyboard synth trying to sound like
> harp, not harp. I
> watched a replay and I think I agree. It just didn't
> sound quite like a
> real harmonica (no matter how badly played :^)
> 
> Bill Hines
> Hershey, PA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jonathan Metts
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:27 AM
> To: J Compton
> Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Dangerous Harp
> 
> The other song you heard harp on was "I Should Have
> Known Better".  Like
> 
> a number of early Beatles songs, it had a harmonica
> part (originally 
> played by John Lennon).  Lennon was not an expert
> player but does have 
> some interesting solos in certain songs.  He mostly
> played chromatics 
> but occasionally used a diatonic; some of the solos
> are deceptively 
> tricky if you try to play them on the wrong harp. 
> However, it was 
> definitely a secondary instrument for him.  (Fun
> Trivia: In the movie 
> Help!, he identifies his contributions to the band
> as "rhythm guitar and
> 
> mouth organ".)  He had some talent for it but
> unfortunately quit 
> recording with it after the first few albums.  The
> only later Beatles 
> songs I know to have harp are "Rocky Raccoon" and
> "Being for the Benefit
> 
> of Mr. Kite", and it's barely audible in both of
> these.
> 
> As usual, the American Idol band did a fairly poor
> job with the 
> arrangement on "I Should Have Known Better", and the
> harmonica part was 
> not played all that well.  The original version is a
> lot looser and more
> 
> fun.  Harmonica parts in the Beatles songs are fun
> to play and generally
> 
> easy to pick out, especially if you own a chromatic.
> 
> Jonathan Metts
> 
> 
> 
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