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

[Arnold Cazemier <a.cazemier@xxxxxx>]

Op Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:56:15 -0500 (EST) schreef EGS1217@xxxxxxx:

>You're very welcome, Arnold. Although I don't see that it's 'confusion'  
>since Smokey (Joe Leone) did say it was a C chromatic early on and that one 
>can  get the riff on a C. 

Yes, but at that time we were all thinking that it was A minor, no?

>I'm personally (as he is) a huge believer in playing 
> different-keyed chromatics for situations where they're called for 
>(neither of  us are 'purists') since why else are they made, and why not use the 
>many tools  available? But I believe De Gemini played a C chromatic 
>specifically. 

Of course the main riff can be played on any key, even on any diatonic
with bends/overblows/draws, but two things are important to get as close
as you can, namely the legato thing, which implies that it's completely
drawn or blown, and the wailing on the fifth thing, which implies that you
start with the slide in.

>I also think someone posted the De Gemini interview once before here--might 

I did some searching in the archive, I believe it was YOU who posted it :)

> have been Smokey himself (who, incidentally is a real-life cousin  of 
>Sergio Leone--a wee bit of film and harmonica lore most people might not  know. 
>I've seen black and white photos of a very young Smokey and siblings  with 
>his older cousin Sergio.)

Yeah, he wrote that yesterday, of course I never saw Smokey (well, I
admire him on Youtube) but I got his Amp! LOL.

>Anyway, I digress. I DO remember this or a similar clip but with an English 
> translator explaining just how the riff was played. The overall discussion 
> 'could' have taken place on Slidemeister, not here--now that I think about 
>it.  Unsure. But I've personally heard Smokey play it and he's dead-on 
>accurate. Back  then his favourite go-to chromatic was a 
>G so I'm not 100% sure if that's  what he was using? Naturally, this is a 
>favourite topic/attempt to play riff  among chromatic players here.

Is it possible on a G? Let's see, F Dd E F, 7D< 6D< 7D 7D<, Bingo!

>I'm a big fan of the movie too, but am mostly affected by the  very moving 
>aspect of the young boy being forced to balance his older  brother on his 
>shoulders. His brother makes the decision to kick him away, in  effect hanging 
>himself--to spare his brother the onus of causing his own  sibling's life. 
>That stuck with me more than any other aspect of the movie--as  good as the 
>rest of it was, and I supported and wanted the  boy/man's single-minded 
>revenge on 'Frank' throughout the rest of the film.  That's what the harmonica 
>conveys to me here...the immense sadness, rage and  implacability of his 
>hunting down his brother's killer.
> 
> 
>Ergo those notes give me chills every time. Morricone knew what he was  
>doing.

Please apologize for the M2 here, I 'm not so good at expressing my
feelings in a foreign language, very well put, thank you.


Arnold
 
>Elizabeth