Members bassman1956 Posted March 16, 2010 Members Share Posted March 16, 2010 I'm working on learning the harmonica part to Zep's Bring It On Home. This works nicely, since a) I used to play a lot of harp, (like a metric {censored} ton for several years), and have been looking for a reason/way to bring it in to what me and the neighbor are doing, and b) that song starts and ends soft, with harmonica and guitar only, and no bass. The piece is in E, I got an A harp so I could be in the right key for the majority of it to be draw harp. But, I'm finding I wish I had some more room on the bottom, and am thinking I'd rather have a C harp, so that I'd have another note down, and maybe better room. Does anyone do Zep's Bring It On Home? If so, who does the harp part, and what key harp do they use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TN.Frank Posted September 12, 2010 Members Share Posted September 12, 2010 A C harp would be higher pitch then the A that you've got. If you want more notes down low try a G harp, it's the lowest standard pitch Diatonic harp you can buy. Of course that'll put you in the key of D for Cross Harp which might not fit the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Hohner Big River Harp comes in Low E...pretty low notes on one of those! Not sure if the Big River comes in Low A or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TN.Frank Posted October 18, 2010 Members Share Posted October 18, 2010 Low Tuned Big Rivers come in Low D,E,Eb,F and F#. No Low A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBee Posted October 20, 2010 Members Share Posted October 20, 2010 has to be Percy playing the harp on that...and i seriously doubt he was doing anything other than playing crossed...but i've not tried it. from memory theres a lot of very bass-y distorted vocal on the part with the harp...it was like an homage to sonny boy II...whom i think did play with the yardbirds on a visit to england...dunno if pagey was playing with them at that time...but anyway...i reckon that real low tone he got was a combination of bending, an overdriven amp with way bass-heavy EQ, a real tight cup on the mic to overdrive the element...and a A major harp...but i'm only guessing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DukeOfBoom Posted October 20, 2010 Members Share Posted October 20, 2010 has to be Percy playing the harp on that...and i seriously doubt he was doing anything other than playing crossed...but i've not tried it. from memory theres a lot of very bass-y distorted vocal on the part with the harp...it was like an homage to sonny boy II...whom i think did play with the yardbirds on a visit to england...dunno if pagey was playing with them at that time...but anyway...i reckon that real low tone he got was a combination of bending, an overdriven amp with way bass-heavy EQ, a real tight cup on the mic to overdrive the element...and a A major harp...but i'm only guessing strong first post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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