Re: [Harp-L] Question about harps played by Bobby Darin

[Rudolf Nasahl <rudi.nasahl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Eliza,

I am convinced he uses in Bridge over troubled waters a Hohner Golden Melody in F.

Regards rudi4you


Am 28.03.2014 um 17:44 schrieb chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Hello Eliza,
> 
> I too am a Bobby Darin fan.
> 
> I learned very much about entertaining from his style.
> 
> Midnight special is in the key of A
> 
> He is using a D Harmonica and Cross harp or second position
> 
> Of course you could never be sure but at that time I am pretty sure That he was playing a Hohner Brand And I think marine bands were the only ones available at the time.
> 
> And the other song, Bridge over troubled water
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> The song is and C
> 
> And Bobby finally picks up the right Harp which is an F
> 
> Again playing some riffs and cross harp position
> 
> You have good taste in music bravo!
> 
> Good luck and happy harping
> 
> Best Rob Paparozzi
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 28, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Eliza Doolittle <eliza.doolittle@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> That my first harp-related question to the list is a silly question is very much in character for me. I'm asking because it's easy to see it hasn't been asked before by making a search; for all other questions I had I've found and I'm finding answers in the archives. At least so far.
>> 
>> I'm a great fan of Bobby Darin's. Not as a harp player: without knowing much about harps, I've always believed him to be just fine, playing adequately but simply (my hat's off to him as a drummer and percussionist, though). Which I've seen was commented on a few years ago here in the list. What I like about this is that trying to copy something of what he plays seems an attainable goal for me in the more-or-less short term (developing more interesting ideas with that point of departure would be the next step). I'd like to do this because whenever I watch him I do feel like singing along, dancing along, jumping along and, why not, playing along (being equally unqualified for all of them!).
>> 
>> For me, one of his most contagious songs with harp is this 'The Midnight Special':http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbW55CTqf_U
>> 
>> Would you please tell me which harp he's using in this song (jump to 2:57to hear it)? The song is in A, but I don't know whether the harp is in A, in D, or in some other key.
>> 
>> And, as a very secondary question, can you see/hear what is the brand of his harp? Just out of curiosity (I'm not going to buy a harp only because BD played it, and apart from that, I cannot find anything but Hohner in my town anyway). You can have a better view inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFNxhYs3N10(at 3:49). What's the key of this one? He picks the wrong one first, but all I can say is that both of them seem to have a lot of Gs.
>> 
>> Thanks a lot in advance.
>> 
>> Eliza Doolittle
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 28, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Eliza Doolittle <eliza.doolittle@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> That my first harp-related question to the list is a silly question is very much in character for me. I'm asking because it's easy to see it hasn't been asked before by making a search; for all other questions I had I've found and I'm finding answers in the archives. At least so far.
>> 
>> I'm a great fan of Bobby Darin's. Not as a harp player: without knowing much about harps, I've always believed him to be just fine, playing adequately but simply (my hat's off to him as a drummer and percussionist, though). Which I've seen was commented on a few years ago here in the list. What I like about this is that trying to copy something of what he plays seems an attainable goal for me in the more-or-less short term (developing more interesting ideas with that point of departure would be the next step). I'd like to do this because whenever I watch him I do feel like singing along, dancing along, jumping along and, why not, playing along (being equally unqualified for all of them!).
>> 
>> For me, one of his most contagious songs with harp is this 'The Midnight Special': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbW55CTqf_U
>> 
>> Would you please tell me which harp he's using in this song (jump to 2:57 to hear it)? The song is in A, but I don't know whether the harp is in A, in D, or in some other key.
>> 
>> And, as a very secondary question, can you see/hear what is the brand of his harp? Just out of curiosity (I'm not going to buy a harp only because BD played it, and apart from that, I cannot find anything but Hohner in my town anyway). You can have a better view in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFNxhYs3N10 (at 3:49). What's the key of this one? He picks the wrong one first, but all I can say is that both of them seem to have a lot of Gs.
>> 
>> Thanks a lot in advance.
>> 
>> Eliza Doolittle
>>