SuperBee
5458 posts
Jul 02, 2018
7:34 PM
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Last night I was invited to jam with some fellas playing buddy guy’ “Feels like rain”
They said “it’s in C”
They were slack-tuned so C meant B.
I tried an E harp but that sounded wrong.
I tried an A harp, didn’t like that either.
I tried a B harp just to confirm i it was in B and I wasn’t filled with confidence.
I think I tried 5th position
After that I just started trying all the harps because I figured I didn’t have the whole story. I hadn’t found a good fit by the time the song ended.
Today, looking up the chord structure of the song I’m still not sure of the best way to approach it but I think I may have felt more comfortable if I’d treated it as being in F# (ie tuned a half step flat of G rather than C) but I’m still not really sure of the best approach. I’ve only seen a very basic chord chart.
I have found zero examples of harp with the song. Does anyone here have some insight or can point me to an example?
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SuperBee
5459 posts
Jul 02, 2018
7:55 PM
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Oh yeah I did the sensible thing and tried it in G (with the record) and it’s a piece of cake.
So it just starts on the IV. I should have realised that when I tried the B harp but I was thinking 1st position and missed the obvious
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jbone
2609 posts
Jul 02, 2018
9:08 PM
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We do that one, in G as a matter of fact. To me though it's more a kind of folky ballad. I use a G chromatic in 1st and it comes out pretty well. Friday we're going to play it out for the first time. Jo sings it a la Bonnie Raitt- sort of. We've been messing with that song for years and we think it's finally ready!
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