Shenandoah - traditional folk song - Harmonica Solo/Duet by Kyong Lee

[rainbowstarwishes]

Oh Shenandoah I love your daughter Away, you rolling river Oh Shenandoah I love your daughter Away, we're bound to go Cross the wide Missouri ~Only one verse~ Chantey version 1 verse Along came by a Yankee skipper Away, you rolling river He looked at her and tipped his flipper Away, I'm bound to go Cross the wide Missouri

[1968gmoore]

i WANT TO LEARN THIS ON HARMONICA (KEY OF C) AND A NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE FLUTE, BUT HAVING A TOUGH TIME.

[paulhallart]

whistle and then use the same whistle pucker of your mouth to play one note at a time on the harmonica. the standard ones start the scale about 4 notes in. 0 for blow, - for draw or inhale... 0c, -d, 0e, -f, 0g, -a, -b, 0c... the western scale does a weird "jimmi" and b, or ti, is a half note so it's an inhale; b and a are both inhales and that's where a lot of the difficulty comes in. keep that scale going till u memorize it then u can play ok. flute: play ur favorite notes and memorize.

[mighty9178]

try a lee oskar

[TheRegorbuck]

Hohners are the best!

[aussiechickdiana]

My dad, (an Australian...and IN Australia), used to play this on HIS harmonica. Stand at the back door and play it.....BEFORE, he came in...from 'anywhere'....

Maybe he thought he had to 'cross' something, before he 'entered'... Anyhow,...thanks for the memory, Kyong....di

[MillaHead]

uhm, this is a sea song, why are there rocks everywhere?

[sixgunner455]

@MillaHead - ??? That's not the lyrics I know to it. The Shenandoah Valley is what is being said goodbye to, and the singer is going to cross the Missouri River while heading west. To all those rocks.

No sea in the song.

[rainbowstarwishes]

@sixgunner455 What he means is that this song is a sea chantey.

[cutexblondie111]

i sang this in my 3rd grade play....(:

[esys05]

good job

[MartinRaetzJr]

Wonderful. A great interpretation.

[4joeml]

Tres belle mucis.

[AMoonlitAngel]

my orchestra and band are playing this for graduation. but we play it faster ..... teenagers speed up too much. :P

[rogiedroy]

would like to buy a cd with the harmonica music. can you advise? or do you have any that you are playing on cd

thanks, roger

[frmnfrmdc]

Excellently played. The music is what is important here, but if i was a critic I would say put pictures of the Shenandoah Valley (i.e. Blue Ridge Mtns.) in the video, not scenery from the western United States.

[cincinnatig]

i luv this song singing it in a competition!! wish me luck

[dynamic21150]

What key is this in?

[TheChivalricAge]

It's in A. The poster says what harmonica he used further down in the comments.

[dynamic21150]

Thanks

[claw728]

Beautifully played. Great feeling.

[tyu926]

yes that guy is korean. great job on the song!

[kogakicksbutt]

is the man playing this korean?

[pictureperfectbratty]

I love this song. I am playing it on my flute but wow the harmonica gives it that Omph!

[chrissycroken]

this gives me goosebumps

[theophany1770]

Beautiful. I'm learning it now. Thank you

[Harvest8888]

This is my fav song to play on the harmonica

[geoff1945]

Beautiful, fellow harpist.

[nrayblue]

Excellent work!

This is a wonderful cover of a beautiful song and the background pictures are exceptional!

[funkpatrol11]

What key are you in????

Thats amazing

[khlnm]

It was Hohner Chromatic 270. Key was in "A".

[Vearlsriver]

Many people, especially from the Southern U.S. went west after the American Civil War. They took the music and songs with them, therefore often songs such as "Shenandoah" are attributes of American West, as well. Lovely pictures.

[943173]

You know what's funny this is Utah, parts of AZ and New Mexico.

[viejojim01]

there isn't a picture on of Shenandoah.. in this.. and Shenandoah is much more beautiful than these

[943173]

Possibly, I have never seen the eastern states.

[viejojim01]

from the top of the Blue Ridge Parkway or the Skyline Drive.. you will see why the valley was considered as beautiful as can be.. it also fed the confederacy.. during the war..

[SoBelleofTN]

You really know your History! It's true the Shenandoah Valley runs the length of western Virginia . The parkway run all the way down into Tennessee across the Smokey Mountains. You won't find a more beautiful place especially in the Spring or Fall. The crops of these people who lived in the "Valley" fed our Confederate troops throughout the Civil War and  General Thomas Jonathan Jackson "Stonewall" and his men the (Stonewall Brigade) protected the area for that reason, during the war.

[SoBelleofTN]

Your referring to the beautiful "Shenandoah Valley" of Virginia, which is absolutely breathtaking especially in the spring and fall of the year. This song I'm told is a ballad going back before the Civil War . There are two versions of it, one is of an "Native American", and his lovely daughter whom a fur trader saw & fell in love with. The other version is a sea shanty , about crossing the "Wide Missouri" river. My grandmother told me about it when I was small, a beautiful song!

[viejojim01]

Well , possibly both .. I had never heard the native version , but most of those songs were of the Scots/Irish so they were the shanty type as is most Bluegrass/ Country musics origins.. But, I would suggest anyone camp up on Skyline drive/ Big Meadows and hear and see the valley from that view .. listen to the wind rise from the valley sweeping up to the ridge.. beautiful

[swtshannonlil]

I play this tune also on the harp. You sound like me playing years ago. You inspire me to play again. Thank you its beautiful......

[khlnm]

Thanks. I hope you may start harmonica again, just like I did ( long after 35 years...)

Kyong Lee

[guitarismysword1]

@khlnm well did you?

[guitarismysword1]

@khlnm oops i replied wrong comment :)

[yourmombc7]

Your peaceful valley, away im bound away cross the wide missouri, oh shanandoa i bound to see you away you rollin river...were doing this song for school i like it

[cillahughes1]

Woa, this is beautiful, i didn't know how this song went at first, i have all the keys, but this has really helped, thankyou, you are a great player :D

[khlnm]

Thanks

[lablover959]

I bet this was played in all those old western movies. It sounds so familiar.

[bobbyloren]

Where is this from?? Looks like the Grand Canyon. Maybe it's from Natural Chimneys, but it's too big.

[khlnm]

Photos are from my old collections:#1:Sandia Mountain (my backyard!)in New Mexico #2:Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks Nat'l Monument in New Mexico,#3 Zion National Park in Utah, #4 Canyonlands Nat'l Park in Utah, #5(a,b) Bryce Canyon Nat'l Park in Utah,#6(a,b,c)Grand Canyon Nat'l Park in Arizona

[isityourself]

Beautiful.

[chromaticdave]

Nice rendition of a very inspiring song.

Great video to match. Thanks for sharing that

with us.  Greetings. Dave