I’m playing this old Beatles number Michelle in Fm, 3rd position 2nd position?? on a Bb harp. It's surprisingly challenging for what appears to be no more than a pleasant little melody.
This is that tab for what I’m playing.
Michelle by The Beatles
Tab by Grey Owl -- Sept 2011
I'm playing a Bb diatonic harmonica (Hohner Special 20)
-4= draw hole 4 +3= blow hole 3 -3* = 1/2 step draw bend on hole 3 -3** = Whole step draw bend on 3 -3* = 1&1/2 step draw bend on 3 -4*=1/2 step draw bend on hole 4 +4ob= overblow on hole 4 +6ob= overblow on hole 6 -2*= 1/2 step draw bend on hole 2
Michelle....... -4-4,+4ob-3*, -3**-4-3**-3***+3-3*-4*-3*-3**-2-3**-3*-3** (fill -1+2-2*+3-3*) Michelle..... -4-4,+4ob-3*, -3**-4-3**-3***+3-3*-4*-3*-3**-2-3**-3*-3** I love you....... -4+6-5, -4+6-5-4-6+6ob-6+6-4-4+4ob-4+4ob-3*-3* -4-4, -4+6-4+4-4+4-3* -3*+4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4, -4-4+4-3*-3**-2-2*-2
Michelle -4-4,+4ob-3*, -3**-4-3**-3***+3-3*-4*-3*-3**-2-3**-3*-3** I love you....... -4+6-5, -4+6-5-4-6+6ob-6+6-4-4+4ob-4+4ob-3*-3* -4-4, -4+6-4+4-4+4-3* -3*+4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4, -4-4+4-3*-3**-2-2*-2
Musical interlude (no harp)
I love you....... -4+6-5, -4+6-5-4-6+6ob-6+6-4-4+4ob-4+4ob-3*-3* -4-4, -4+6-4+4-4+4-3* -3*+4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4, -4-4+4-3*-3**-2-2*-2
Michelle..... -4-4,+4ob-3*, -3**-4-3**-3***+3-3*-4*-3*-3**-2-3**-3*-3** And I will say the only..... -2-2-3**-3*-2+4-3**-3*-2+4,-3**-3*-3**-2-2*-2-3*-2
Thanks Sorin! Yeah at last the OB's are getting there and they are so useful in playing note for note melodies.
You said:- "3rd position on a Bb it is the key of C."
Oops, I counted the wrong way:) Without wishing to dig myself into a deeper hole.... I believe the song is in the key of F minor so does that make me in 11th postion on a Bb harp?
I was playing around with this at one point. I'm not sure what position I was in. I think I might have been higher on the harp and I wasn't playing along with a recording so what key I was in is anyone's guess.
Grey Owl I read on your post in the tabs you provide are in the last line of each verse eg+4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 are skype contacts? What is this? ---------- HARPOLDIE’S YOUTUBE
If you think you are in the key of F , that makes it 2nd position. :p The 4ob in the second position it gives you the minor 6th, flat 6th, one of the notes that give the minor scale the sad feeling. ---------- Free video harp tabs and backing tracks
Last Edited by on Oct 08, 2011 3:49 PM
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