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Doc Watson on guitar with harp!!
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Misterkevster
1 post
Mar 02, 2015
1:30 PM
Hoping some knowledgeable member might know something about this style, and tell me if Doc plays 'straight' harp on a number like 'lost John'......or is it 'cross' harp..??

Here's a link to the audio....:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN1LdlW4bl4

The answer is probably obvious to a harp player....but my thing is guitar....hoping to add some harp!!

Many thanks
Kev/Leeds/UK

Last Edited by Misterkevster on Mar 02, 2015 1:31 PM
indigo
65 posts
Mar 02, 2015
1:47 PM
sonny3
248 posts
Mar 02, 2015
2:10 PM
Sounds like cross harp to me.Doc was a great harp player.A lot of this lays out in the major pentatonic scale.
Misterkevster
2 posts
Mar 02, 2015
2:24 PM
Yup Indigo....that's the same link!!!

Thanks sonny3....so if the tune is in key of E...I need an A harp.....or a D harp.....or?
Am I looking for the notes in E Maj Pentatonic?....I'm a bit thin on this!!
timeistight
1708 posts
Mar 02, 2015
3:22 PM
You need an A harmonica to play cross harp in E.
sonny3
249 posts
Mar 02, 2015
3:31 PM
Yeah grab an A harp and work this one out.Yep E major pent.Lots of major 2nd and third.
Misterkevster
3 posts
Mar 02, 2015
3:55 PM
Thanks fellas....at least I now know where to start!!


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