"Midnight Rambler" is in the key of B....I figured the harmonica key was the same but perhaps not.......anywayz, the song is in B, so if you know anything about harmonica's, maybe you can figure it out....
A E Harp. I would recommend getting an Lee Oscar Harp (former harp player for War). Expensive, but one of the sharpest and fullest sounding harps out there! And the reeds are replaceable. This harp really allows you to bend notes as well, more like Mick's current style of harp playing.
BUT IT IS DEFINATELY AN "E" Harp:-)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-10-17 06:17 by whitem8.
No, the song is usually played in B or B flat...for playing blues, or cross harp you count three three notes up from the key the song is played in. So B = E harp. It is a little more tricky when it is B flat, or a minor or major key as some keys on the harp won't fit. Such as in Miss You...but Suger Blue is an incredible harp player and instintively knows how to glide over those notes.
Dylan and Neil Young play mostly straight harp which is the same key the song is in, however, you can only play certain "safe" notes on the harp or it will sound out of key.
whitem8 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No, the song is usually played in B or B > flat...for playing blues, or cross harp you count > three three notes up from the key the song is > played in. So B = E harp. It is a little more > tricky when it is B flat, or a minor or major key > as some keys on the harp won't fit. Such as in > Miss You...but Suger Blue is an incredible harp > player and instintively knows how to glide over > those notes. > > Dylan and Neil Young play mostly straight harp > which is the same key the song is in, however, you > can only play certain "safe" notes on the harp or > it will sound out of key.
My old band the Outsiders used to cover this in the Mid 80s...fans loved it...Better to do the hard with a Shure(520) 1952 Green Bullet microphone...with reverb cranked...
Yeah, the Green Bullet cranks out a really raunchy sound that is frigging great! I have the one with the volume control on the mike sounds great! Love it!!!
Definitely E as previously explained cross position (suck, suck as opposed to blow, blow - pardonnz moi le double entendre) for bending notes, which happens a lot with Midnight Rambler.
Yeah, it's E. The problem with playing in the key (here, is that you can't play the blue notes. In a blues scale the 3rds and 7ths are flatted. Probably can find lots of info by just typing "cross harp" into a search engine...