[Harp-L] Hotel California instrumental break on diatonic harp

[JOSEPH LEONE]

Laurent, Mon Ami, 

I'm not entirely sure that Mr. Hale's message wasn't meant for me. Probably because I used the term "I used a chromatic". Since the Duke of Wail uses diatonics a lot. And we coorespond frequently. ALL in fun. Having said that, I agree with the thing about pitch/timbre.


I hope everyone knows how excrucuatingly difficult it is to do the refrain part of this piece? I myself only play the lead melody at that point. I only try for note for note on the chorus at the end of the tune. The Joe Walsh section. Which is hard enough. It requires a lot of slide action and a few breath switches.


But a diatonic HAS no slide and a lot of notes have to be 'manufactured' out of thin air. And some of them have to be hit spot ON in the already bent position. Hard to do in the best of times. Reminds me of players whom persist in playing Parker, Davis, and Coltrane licks note for note when they (may) forget that those tunes were written for instruments where 10 fingers (sax), 9 (clarinet), 3.. or 4 (trumpet), are working. AND in keys that are sometimes unfriendly to harp. AND with notes laid out in such a fashion that are friendly to THEIR instrument but unfriendly to harp. All this done with just a mouth on a diatonic. Naah, too tough for me. I'll take a rain check. 


Even tougher to sound good against guitar since it is a chording instrument. So..Me (personally) I thought it was a stellar job. And while the pitch and timbre weren't right on (and who really IS), I was impressed. I would use an A chromo. and play it in Dm. That would result in terminal key of Bm IF I wanted to be in original key. Me? I use a Bb in Dm. Which results in Cm.  lolol


smo-joe 

> On August 4, 2019 at 2:52 AM Laurent Vigouroux <laurent.vigouroux at xxxxx> wrote:
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>     Fair enough :)
>     Criticizing is easy, playing well is more difficult!
>     It is definitely a great solo for practicing the accuracy of the low bends.
>     I’m gonna try
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>     Le 3 août 2019 à 20:29, Robert Hale < ynfdwas at xxxxx mailto:ynfdwas at xxxxx > a écrit :
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>         > >         Having called it out, we anticipate you showing us the way. <grin>
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> >         Robert Hale
> >         Serious Honkage in Arizonahttp://youtube.com/DUKEofWAIL
> >         Robert at xxxxx mailto:Robert at xxxxx
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> >         On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 10:50 AM Laurent Vigouroux < laurent.vigouroux at xxxxx mailto:laurent.vigouroux at xxxxx > wrote:
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> >             > > > Nice video but the playing is a bit off in terms of pitch accuracy.
> > >             Tempting to try it though
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> > >             > Le 3 août 2019 à 19:14, JOSEPH LEONE < 3n037 at xxxxx mailto:3n037 at xxxxx > a écrit :
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> > >             > Choice. Really choice. Never tried it on diatonic. Too many bends. I can do them but prefer not to do that many. I always used a chromatic. Schweigert looks like an Austrian name?
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> > >             > smo-joe
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> > >             >> On August 2, 2019 at 10:16 AM captron100--- via Harp-L < harp-l at xxxxx mailto:harp-l at xxxxx > wrote:
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> > >             >> For anyone who might be interested, I came across a 10 1/2 minute long video lesson on how to play the guitar instrumental break in the Eagles' song, "Hotel California", note for note in the original key of Bm. He is using an A harp in 3rd position. It is graciously posted by a very accomplished young harp player named Juraj Schweigert. He has a presence on U Tube, Facebook, and he has a website. I googled him and see that he gives lessons on skype and U tube. He apparently lives in the central European country of Slovakia. Enjoy.  http://www.jurajschweigert.com/downloads/california.mp4
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