[Harp-L] Needing some charting tips

[Jeff Brown]

Find the song on youtube, sit down and listen to a very brief passage, maybe a couple bars. Take your harp and try to simulate what you heard and write it down with paper and pencil. You can make whatever arrows you want for blow, draw, bend etc. Don't get discouraged, it takes a lot of practice and it's a great way to learn. 
Good Luck! 

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> On Mar 21, 2017, at 8:11 PM, Vern <jevern at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> One way would be to play along with the Youtube performance http://hueylewisandthenews.com/ <http://hueylewisandthenews.com/>
> harp-L respondents will give you the key of the harp and playing position.
> 
> The world won’t end if you don’t play exactly the same riffs that Huey does.  Anything that fits the chords should be OK if played with verve.
> 
> OR…...
> 
> You could  download a $6 copy of the sheet music from Musicnotes.
> 
> See http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0139000 <http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0139000>
> All of the needed information will be there.  Your challenge is to convert it into your preferred notation and practice it.
> 
> From that you can choose the key of harmonica and make tabs if that is what you need.
> 
> If this is your first try at making tabs, you should:
>    make a table of each note of the scale and its corresponding tab symbol
>    then mark the tabs on the sheet music in color.
> 
> I think that I have heard of an app for making tabs from standard notation.
> 
> This will give you the exact melody, timing and form of the song.
> 
> Gentle prod: if you had learned to read music, you wouldn’t have this problem.
> 
> Vern
> 
>> On Mar 21, 2017, at 3:38 PM, Bill Ferrell <ineedbill at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> First time post so be gentle. I've been learning the harmonica for a year
>> or so now and was asked by a friend who runs a nice little band to play a
>> couple songs with them at an upcoming gig. One of the songs is Bad is Bad
>> by Huey Lewis that he did on the Jimmy Kimmel show back in Aug. 2015. I
>> need some help in figuring out how to make a tab or cheat sheet or
>> basically just how to learn the song so I don't embarrass myself. Any
>> advice appreciated....Bill
>