Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Man With The Harmonica-Ennio Morricone

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Arthur: I can't translate it fully, although I enjoyed following along and  
got some of what he was talking about...having to use a diatonic because 
you  couldn't use a chromatic at the same time as a pistol, and he had to come 
up  with 'that sound'  as far as I could determine. He did talk about 
Bronson  'cupping' the diatonic..but I'm not sure if he was saying Bronson 
already played  or not, and does demonstrate getting the 'dying breath' sound....
 
Anyway, here's an actual full performance by Signore de Gemini of the  
'tune' from the Movie. He begins about 3:47 in...
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2t_UJdplg8_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2t_UJdplg8) 
 
 
What I found amazingly funny  this time around (and never noticed  before 
despite watching the Movie umpteen times)...is how old, dented and  beat up 
the harmonica is when Henry Fonda shoves it into the young boy's mouth  
(Bronson as a child) and the camera pulls back to show the brother  balancing on 
the kid's shoulders...and that same dented, beat up diatonic is the  one 
used when Bronson returns the 'favour' at the end.  But when the camera  comes 
in on the closeup of the boy's face just before his brother kicks him away  
(effectively hanging himself)...it looks like a brand new SP 20 (or the  
equivalent), clearly a completely different harp and far too modern to be  an 
Old West  instrument.  

I can't believe I never saw this before.

Elizabeth
 
Message: 6
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:31:52 -0700
From: Arthur  Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Man With The  Harmonica-Ennio Morricone
To: Gary Lehmann  <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Harp L Harp L  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yep; it's a chromatic. The player is Franco De  Gemini. He demonstrates  
here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2t_UJdplg8

Can any of our  Italian speakers provide a summary?

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:35 AM,  Gary Lehmann 
<gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Well, at :24 there  is an E followed by an Eb, and both notes sound
> simultaneously.
>  Overdubbing, effects, or custom tuned harmonica?
> There is no Eb on an A  harmonica.
> Not that I would ever contradict the harmonica world's most  interesting
> man.
> G
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:32  PM, joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Correct. Hole  #6 slide In (F#) starting point. Can also be done crossed 
on
>> an A  diatonic. Riff is in D.
>>
>> smokey-joe/aka 'sir'joe  Leone.  (It is rumored that Einstein called him 
on
>> tricky math  problems)(Some say that the space program was
>> cancelled...because he  complained about the noise). Yes, he IS the most
>> unforgettable  character you will ever meet.
>>
>>
>>
>> On  Jun 22, 2010, at 12:04 AM, Arthur Jennings wrote:
>>
>> A  chromatic with the slide halfway in?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun  21, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I was listening to this on YouTube--what  harmonica enabled this person 
to
>>>> play two notes a minor  second apart?
>>>> You can hear both notes sounding together on  this video of the 
trailer.
>>>>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNGQ1hUyx-k&NR=1&feature=fvwp

>>>  Arthur Jennings
>>>  http://www.timeistight.com