Re: [Harp-L] playing along

["Patrick Lines" <plines@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm there right now because I'm playing at a memorial for an old rock and 
roller, including some Skynyrd songs. I'm approaching it by downloading 
songs from Musicnotes.com and then doing my own tab for the melody. If you 
get the downloads that include guitar, vocal and piano there are tons of 
options. I like to disect the guitar solo and use the parts that work for 
harp. Also, with songs like "Sweet Home Alabama" there is a riff that goes 
3b-3-5-6-5-3-2-1 with some variations like 3b-3-5-6-5-4 that is repeated 
through the whole song that you can play with the guitars and make it sound 
like a natural part of the song. So, a combination of melody, riff and solo.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Reynolds" <c_reynolds2571@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:50 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] playing along


> So I have a question about how some of you folks approach playing along 
> with
> songs that don't necessarily have a harp part in them. I'm in my shop 
> listening
> to Lynyrd Skynyrd today and there are songs that would just be fun to play 
> along
> with. So I'm curious about how others approach playing along with songs. 
> Do you
> play the melody or prefer to play a background rhythm?
>
> Chris