shahenshah Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Anyone know the answer please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 It's likely that the harmonica in the song was played cross harp or second position, which is most common to blues. You can read more about that here. cross harp info Since that song was heavily treated with all kinds of studio effects, tempo changes and real heavy echo etc, it's tough to say what he actually used since I'm sure some of the speed changes they used changed how the song sounded compared to how they actually played and recorded it. If it was me I would find out what key the song sounds like, which I believe is F though I'm not sure if F is before or after the "treatments", it's been a while since I've played it on guitar. Use the appropriate harmonica for that, which would be Bb or which ever one is right for the song key according to the cross harp chart. Be aware it's going to be tough to duplicate that sound unless you have a mountain of gear, if that's what you even intend to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 It's likely that the harmonica in the song was played cross harp or second position, which is most common to blues. You can read more about that here. cross harp info Since that song was heavily treated with all kinds of studio effects, tempo changes and real heavy echo etc, it's tough to say what he actually used since I'm sure some of the speed changes they used changed how the song sounded compared to how they actually played and recorded it. If it was me I would find out what key the song sounds like, which I believe is F though I'm not sure if F is before or after the "treatments", it's been a while since I've played it on guitar. Use the appropriate harmonica for that, which would be Bb or which ever one is right for the song key according to the cross harp chart. Be aware it's going to be tough to duplicate that sound unless you have a mountain of gear, if that's what you even intend to do. Thats interesting, shame they only did it live twice as it was Heavily produced in the studio as you say, this was difficult to perform live, which Led Zeppelin did only twice: once in a "warm up" gig in Denmark before their 1975 US tour, and again on their second night in Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahenshah Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 Thanks - shahenshah It's likely that the harmonica in the song was played cross harp or second position, which is most common to blues. You can read more about that here. cross harp info Since that song was heavily treated with all kinds of studio effects, tempo changes and real heavy echo etc, it's tough to say what he actually used since I'm sure some of the speed changes they used changed how the song sounded compared to how they actually played and recorded it. If it was me I would find out what key the song sounds like, which I believe is F though I'm not sure if F is before or after the "treatments", it's been a while since I've played it on guitar. Use the appropriate harmonica for that, which would be Bb or which ever one is right for the song key according to the cross harp chart. Be aware it's going to be tough to duplicate that sound unless you have a mountain of gear, if that's what you even intend to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles_Obscure Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Thats interesting, shame they only did it live twice as it was Heavily produced in the studio as you say, this was difficult to perform live, which Led Zeppelin did only twice: once in a "warm up" gig in Denmark before their 1975 US tour, and again on their second night in Chicago. Nah! It was in Brussels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamyKnight Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Anyone know the answer please? The harmonica starts in the key of "F"...this tune is played in an alternate tuning on guitar as well- EACFAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahenshah Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 Thanks The harmonica starts in the key of "F"...this tune is played in an alternate tuning on guitar as well- EACFAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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