[Harp-L] Misirlou on harmonica

John Kerkhoven solo_danswer@xxxxx
Fri May 17 23:14:00 EDT 2019


Far out Gary. I play that tune on a Bb harp - 5th pos. It’s tricky no matter. 

Db maj7 blow and Em6 draw you say...

Could I ask you to spell out the tuning table for the whole harp just to see it?

John

> On May 17, 2019, at 8:48 PM, Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi gang,
> I  tuned a harmonica to *double harmonic major *and was not quite sure what
> it would work with--turns out it works for the tune "Misirlou" which we all
> know from the Dick Dale version, which was in Pulp Fiction.
> Here is a video I made demonstrating the harp.
> https://youtu.be/Vnq-q6TJ6Hk
> This tune is usually played in D, but DD plays it in E, so maybe I can get
> away with playing it in C. We will see . . . I haven't mastered the draw
> bends for the ascending chromatic fragment going into the Bridge, but the
> harp is fully chromatic with draw bends.
> I might try to retune a solo tuned harp to this tuning, again, we will see
> . . .





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