To move them to a igher octave, add 4 to the hole numbers. > TIP: to move these patterns to a lower octave, subtract 4 from the hole numbers. Key to tab: D= Draw, B = Blow, # = slide button pressed in. Work with those and you'll be able to find the melody in those keys. So what I'm going to give you is the tab for that pentatonic scale in the middle part of the chromatic for D and G. Same is true for third position, but you'll also need the slide for one note. In second position, that works out to be similar to second position on a C-harp IF you were to play it starting on Hole 4 - that stuff going on in Holes 1-3 on diatonic has nothing similar on chromatic. Well, the good news is that it uses the relatively simple five-note major pentatonic scale. (If you play the C in Blow 4, and then draw, the note will go down to B, like when you play blow then Draw in Hole 7 of a diatonic). So you have to be sure that you're using Blow 5 (not Blow 4) so that it connects with the familiar pattern in Holes 5-8.Īnd in Dirty Old Town, the first four notes in C are: G up to C to D to E, so it's important to know that after playing the G in Blow 3, you move *two* holes to the C in Blow 5 (and not Blow 4), so that the C you're playing will turn into D when you stay in that same hole and draw. To make things even more confusing, on chromatic, both Blow 4 and Blow 5 are the note C. But it also means you have to travel farther between that and the C in Blow 5. As it turns out, that note is Blow 3 on both instruments - no adding a hole number for that one. However, this melody, when you play it in C, also includes G in the first octave. This gives you easy access to a lot of first position melodies that you might already know on diatonic, and even some third position ones. For instance 4 Blow on a diatonic = 5 Blow on chromatic, and so on. If you were dealing with a melody in C that stayed within that area, you'd just add one hole number to the tab and you're good. Holes 4 thru 7 on a C diatonic match Holes 5 thru 8 on C a chromatic (yes, chromatics are made in other keys, but let's not go down that rabbit hole). You already know the melody in first position on a D-harp, yeah? So let's use that to play in C on the C chromatic. You can use that, but it will only carry you so far. However, your biggest obstacle is that the note layout on th chromatic only partially matches the layout on a C diatonic. C is fully major, and is the easiest to translate. G is already mostly major, and the melody doesn't use the note that needs to be altered with the slide. And the melody is in D major, G major, and C major, so you need to use the slide button to turn D minor into D major in third position. But those positions play differently on chromatic because the note layout is different. You're on the right track in thinking third, second, and first positions on chromatic. Is there a formula that I can use to easily establish the tabs for the chromatic? Would it simply be five whole steps to G and another five steps to D or more involved. I do have the music score and have tabbed it to the diatonic harps but am lost as to achieve the same with the chromatic given the position changes. With the tune so ingrained in my head/muscle memory I am unable to play it on the chromatic using my ear. Playing third position for the D key, second position for the G key and straight for the C key.
Given that the keys are D, G, and C I would have thought that I could play the whole song on a C chromatic. Now given the timing of the tune to achieve this I need to miss out section to make distonic harp changes. The song starts with an introduction of 12 bars in D then changes for two choruses in G and then a chorus on C and then back to G. However the issue I have with it is to play all choruses it is played in three differnt keys.
It’s a very catchy and easy to play celtic tune. I have been asked to play a song titled Dirty Old Town as sung by The Pouges.
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