[Harp-L] Blackest Crow

[Bart van Strien]

Beautiful tune, thanks



On 2018-02-04 04:16, Trip wrote:
> Hey Daniel, if you are doing this song in the key of G the tune lays
> out very nicely both in first position on a G harp, and second
> position on to C Harp. In second position you do have to play that
> whole step bend on the three draw and of course you can play that A
> pitch up an octave on the six draw without having to bend. When
> performing this song I usually play it in second position on a country
> tuned harmonica and do my best to hit all the bent notes in tune. I
> guess another way to get the expressive quality of the cross harp on
> this tune without having to bend the three hole would be to use a
> Paddy Richter tuned Harp and play the song in the second position. I
> don’t use that tuning very often because I hate to lose the major I
> chord in first position, or in second position the major IV chord.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> --
> Trip Henderson
> https://soundcloud.com/trip-henderson
> 
> 
>> On Feb 3, 2018, at 4:29 PM, Daniel Thomas <danchristhomas50 at xxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you Trip. So if you were playing in 1st position you would use a 
>> G harp and second position an A harp with a whole step bend on hole 3 
>> ? Do you also play " hills of Mexico "  in 2nd position?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Feb 1, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Trip Henderson <trip.tunes at xxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey Dan,
>>> 
>>> This is such a gorgeous melody. Here's a link to one of my favorite
>>> versions, its by Tim O'Brien.
>>> 
>>> https://youtu.be/Qc2gMzj2qZU
>>> 
>>> There are a few different chord changes that people use, Tim's is 
>>> more on
>>> the minimalist side of the spectrum.
>>> 
>>> I play this in first or second, not third.  If played in 2nd a 
>>> country
>>> tuned harp gives some nice melodic choices but its not necessary.
>>> 
>>> Good luck and play it lonesome!!!
>>> 
>>> Trip
>>> 
>>> --
>>> *Trip Henderson*
>>> https://soundcloud.com/trip-henderson
>>> https://www.youtube.com/TheWhistlingWolves
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:45:07 -0700
>>> From: Dan Thomas <danchristhomas50 at xxxxx>
>>> To: Harp-L List <harp-l at xxxxx>
>>> Subject: [Harp-L] The Blackest Crow
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>>> 
>>> Hi All
>>> Any one out there play "The Blackest Crow" ?  The chords are D,G,Em . 
>>> I
>>> think the song is in Em? Thinking 3rd position D harp? But not sure ?
>>> Thanks all
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> --
>>> *Trip Henderson*
>>> https://soundcloud.com/trip-henderson
>>> https://www.youtube.com/TheWhistlingWolves