what key does mick jagger use for like a rolling stone?

spider and the fly?

midnight rambler?

sweet virgina

Like A Rolling Stone: F harp (I think I remember)
Midnight Rambler: E harp (I'm thinking about the live version of Atlantic City 1989)
Spider And The Fly: Tomorrow I listen to it and I tell you ;-)
Sweet Virginia: definitely A harp.

"got to be worked on
don't have no bark nor bite..."

I think the Stones play Spider & the Fly in the key of E (like we do), so you need an 'A' harmonica...

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Ian.

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Do the Stones really play "Sweet Virginia" in E? Wow I didn't know that. Must be with capoed guitars, right?

They play SV with a capo on the 2nd fret. It starts in G, which is an A with the capo....

TSATF is with an A harp for sure........

JumpingKentFlash

I confirm what said above: The Spider And The Fly has clearly an A harp.

"got to be worked on
don't have no bark nor bite..."

JumpingKentFlash Wrote:
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> They play SV with a capo on the 2nd fret. It
> starts in G, which is an A with the capo....
>
> TSATF is with an A harp for sure........
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The first chord is 'A' (G shape with the capo on first), but the key is still 'E' and therefore an 'A' on harp.

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Ian.

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As a country tune, it could be in A with harmonica played in "Straight harp" position instead of in "Cross Harp".

"got to be worked on
don't have no bark nor bite..."

Wild Slivovitz Wrote:
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> As a country tune, it could be in A with harmonica
> played in "Straight harp" position instead of in
> "Cross Harp".
>
> "got to be worked on
> don't have no bark nor bite..."


Well when I play it I use an 'A' harp and it sounds like the recorded version to me.....

Regards,

Ian.





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Yes, I told it's an A harp, as above written. I meant that in this case maybe the key of the harp is the same as the key of the song: this relationship harp key/song key is quite common in country songs and it's called "straight harp". If you play an harmonica tuned a fourth above the key of the song, then you have "cross harp", common in blues and rock.
No doubt at all "Sweet Virginia" has an A harp!

"got to be worked on
don't have no bark nor bite..."

thanks for your help