Re: [Harp-L] Man with what harmonica?

[Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like a C chromatic... 6B 5B 5D< 6B... (the < means slide in).

Ken H in OH





On Thursday, January 9, 2014 11:41 AM, Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 
Bb?

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> On Jan 9, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Arnold Cazemier <a.cazemier@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Maybe Franco de Gemini played the most famous harp 
> melody ever in "Man with a harmonica" in the well 
> known western movie Once upon a time in the west.
> 
> But *what* harmonica did he use?
> 
> On a bluesharp in G it goes like 6 5 6' 6.
> 
> Notes are: E C D# E
> 
> But it is clear that it was played on a chromatic
> harmonica, at some moments the slide is pushed
> half way, and you hear the notes D# and E 'scratch'.
> 
> On a C (or a G) chromatic that is not possible,
> because an E becomes an F when pushing the slide.
> 
> Could it be a chromatic in B? Were there chromatic
> harmonicas in B on the market at that time (1968)?
> 
> Or maybe the piece was lowered a semi tone after recording?
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Arnold
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