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

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's what I first wrote him Ken..off list. And he answered on list. But here's the deal. I'm not sure how they may have adjusted the sound ON the movie. Maybe they dropped it a half tone. But I DO know that it was done like we said. It's a pretty easy riff and the slide provides all the slur one could need (want?) lol. You can ride that slide forever on a Hering. It's a little harder on a Hohner. Because they have stiffer, slower responding reeds and it's harder to get TWO to sound at the same time. They seem to want to either sound one..or the other..depending on how FAR the slide is depressed. They only give you about 1/16" (1.5mm) to work with. Whereas the Hering gives you about an 1/8"  (3mm) to work with. 

smokey-joe

On Jan 9, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Ken Hildebrand wrote:

> Sounds like a C chromatic... 6B 5B 5D< 6B... (the < means slide in).
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> On Thursday, January 9, 2014 11:41 AM, Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Bb?
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jan 9, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Arnold Cazemier <a.cazemier@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> But *what* harmonica did he use?
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>> On a bluesharp in G it goes like 6 5 6' 6.
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>> Notes are: E C D# E
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>> 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'.
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>> On a C (or a G) chromatic that is not possible,
>> because an E becomes an F when pushing the slide.
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>> Could it be a chromatic in B? Were there chromatic
>> harmonicas in B on the market at that time (1968)?
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>> Or maybe the piece was lowered a semi tone after recording?
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>> Regards,
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>> Arnold
>> -- 
>> Forkord Turnaround, the truly harmonic harmonica!
>> http://www.forkord-turnaround.com
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