The same goes for when you play aspirated notes. In playing the licks, Neil Young almost never hits the clear single notes, but the double notes we listen to within the song sound beautiful, owing to the fact that when you play in first position and work on the low harmonica holes, from 1 to 6, whenever you blow more than one note at the same time, you get a nice-sounding chord. Most of the time, these are the elements that help transmit emotions to the listener. The last lick recalls the song’s trademark lick that everybody knows.Ī brief note about the song’s execution: Heart of Gold is one of those songs that we like for its simplicity, and in a certain way, for its imperfections. This time, in the first part of the solo, the note C on hole 7 blow is repeated to underline the sentence, then again the rhythmical note combination on holes 3 to 5, and again the high note C.
Every musician who knows a bit of musical theory recognizes these things, and even if you’re a beginner, I want you to get the most you can from my lessons – that’s my teaching philosophy.īack to the topic at hand, it’s time to analyze the song’s licks, starting from the intro. What’s important in this song is the harmony movement – the F, G, and C chord sequence – which creates a perfect movement from the fourth degree to the fifth, ending with the resolution on first-degree chord C. However, that’s a big mistake! The A minor chord is the sixth-degree chord built when you harmonize the C major scale – nothing strange about it. Wait a minute! I know what you’re thinking now: I said that Heart Of Gold, in this lesson, is in C major but the song starts with an A minor chord? Yes! Many people erroneously believe that you can find the key of a song by looking at the first chord. Here are the intro chords, and the same ones are repeated in the solo sections: Learning about playing in different positions is something that requires a little more effort.īefore analyzing the melodies, let’s take a look at the song chords. It’s natural that if you’re new to the harmonica and want to add it to your performance, the first thing that comes to mind is to pick a harmonica of the same key of your song.
HARMONICA TABS PROFESSIONAL
Do you know why most rack players of the past used to play in first position? The answer lies in the fact that those artists weren’t professional harmonica players – most of them added the harmonica part into their songs, while the major sections were created by the singing and guitar accompaniment. Heart Of Gold, as I said, is in G key and played in first position. Among the song lessons I wanted to create for my harmonica school students, those performances that involve playing the harmonica on a rack particularly interest me, because as some of you know, I’m also a rack harmonica player – one of the very few in my country who raised the bar for simultaneous harmonica and guitar playing.
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