Re: [Harp-L] Newbie Help -- Cat's Squirrel by Cream

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Two slight modifications.

There's a very short Draw 3 just before the first Blow 4 as you repeat the riff. Listen carefully and you'll hear it.

Try playing the last note in the riff 9the longer note between repeats) using Draw 2 instead of Blow 3 (they obht peroduce the same note, but Draw 2 sounds better).

Blow 3 works in the middle of the riff because you don't have to leave Hole 3 and can alternate quickly between blow and draw in Hole 3 and move easily to neighboring Hole 4. But when you play the longer note at the end of the riff, Draw 2 tends to sound better, partly because as a bendable draw note it's a bit richer, and partly because if you sound the neighboring draw notes by accident, they'll sound a lot better than if you accidentally hit neighboring blow notes. The reason for this is that the draw notes sound the notes of the main chord of the tune, while the blow notes form a different chord that clashes (though the bloe notes sound OK as single notes in motion against the chord).

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Wed, 4/15/09, Scott Hicks <dscotthicks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Scott Hicks <dscotthicks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Newbie Help -- Cat's Squirrel by Cream
To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 3:30 PM

I know this song is fairly simplistic but I'm just curious if anyone can
shed any light on the harp parts.  The main riff is really fast (for me) -- blow
4, draw 3, blow 4, draw 3, blow 3 (basically).  I'm just wondering if my
hearing is correct: A harp in second position?  I can't figure another way
to play it without bending to the tonic.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Scott

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