Harmonica and Fiddle Information - "Orange Blossom Special" ♪♫

[harpfelt]

hi mark, this one has just blown my mind all over again, i was going to do a video response, but no way im up to that, great upload, peace and love brother.

[saugace1]

trop trop au top jadoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeee

[spartacusvikinga]

Very informative and enjoyable. I always approve comments from You Tubers before posting on my site. Some of the comments they leave are so pathetic, it is clear that most have an empty head. When you click onto their You Tube account it is usually empty too with very little or no content. I don't mind constructive criticsism but I will never reply to the doughnuts, and will quite happily block them. Half the time their goal in life is to wind you up. Keep up the excellent work.

[OldAndNewSongs]

funny and informative at the same time :)

I love harmonica sound... T.L.

[stevesprinceofsteaks]

You obviously know a lot more about the history of the harmonica than the fiddle. Pretty interesting. Played harp until I saved enough to get my 1st axe and never looked back. Still enjoy hearing someone good like you on one. But you know how stuck up us fiddlers are. LOL

[jugmongers]

Howdy! Boy that thar's a great rendition of great fiddle song! Thank you kindly for puttin' this up! All the best - Judd Jugmonger

[quinoacat]

Since the Majority approve of this video and have rated it 4.5 thus far, I tell all who don't like it to get a life and get over yourself. Damn, perfectionists and whiners make me want to sharpen my sword to go hunting for some anal retentive types to slice and dice.

[quinoacat]

Please remember I made this video back in Feb. 2k8 just for the fun and practice....I have learned a vast amount of stuff about the Harmonica since then as I was only getting started and this was a way for me to study the wiki and it resulted in comments about the information that has proved interesting and expounded a touch on the accuracy of the info presented here. I got a bit annoyed at times and Lee (Fiddlin55) and I exchanged a few heated messages as a result...

[Fidlin55]

Uh, guys, first, very rarely does any player tune a violin differently to make it a "fiddle". All the known fiddle players tune them standard EADG. Generally, fiddle players like to use steel core strings, while classical style players like nylon core strings. Only difference between a fiddle and a violin is who's playin' it.

Second, while it's possible to play in "any key" on a chromatic harmonica, that's not what they are designed for, they still make them in all keys. The...

[Fidlin55]

difference being that on a chromatic, you have all 12 notes, as opposed to the standard 8 note harmonica.

I've never known the pitch of a fixed pitch instrument to be different from any other. A harmonica is tuned to A-440 (at least as close as it can get), so is a violin, so is a fiddle, and a piano is tuned to what's known as "tempered tuning".

For me, there's nothing like a Hohner Marine Band, and, and much as I hate plastic harps, I have a Lee Oskar high G - only because as far as...

[quinoacat]

Actually if you wish I will show you where at least one harp maker is known to tune a model or 2 up to a bright 442 pitch. As for the much of the text in this concerning Chromatics and Fiddle Tuning vrs Violin tuning well that shit came from Wikipedia so you just seem to be jumping right on the bandwagon of giving me crap about it when I have stated at times past I wish you all would go correct the wikipedia article if the perceived inaccuracies bother you so much.

[Fidlin55]

I know, Hohner doesn't make one in that key.

[quinoacat]

My high G is a Bushman Delta Frost...

[quinoacat]

I would like to thank you for your expert comments and helping me to keep this video in better perspective...it's only a video...I oddly have some sentiment for it because it marks a time I began serious study of the Harmonica....I am not ordinarily so sentimental but I have a deep love for Harmonica. The Harmonica renewed my purpose in life at a critical turning point.

[Fidlin55]

Thanks for the kind words, but I'm no expert :) . I just happen to have a little experience with a fiddle, and I like to talk to players of all instruments - I've learned things from them, all musicians have something for me to learn, and hopefully I've helped them in some way. Music is a great thing, it covers so many areas in life - gives pleasure to people, breeds friendships between musicians and other artists, gives people hope, puts good vibrations into the universe. If you keep...

[Fidlin55]

we can do great things, even in our own little worlds, and our own little communities.

Gotta run.

[kjvonly01]

Enjoyed it bro. Do you use a Honer Special 20?

[quinoacat]

I own mostly Special 20's but also use Seydel 1847 Silver now and prefer the Seydel line to Hohner for future purchases. I also like Suzuki Harpmaster (like a Bushman for less $'s) and Custom Low tuned TurboHarps from the man who invented the valve for the worlds finest artificial heart...

[MAD4HARP]

very kool vid I enjoyed it.

[MAD4HARP]

very nice vid.

[freereeder]

So many sources (inclulding this one) are in error regarding chromatic harmonicas. The vast majority of 10-hole chromatics are simply two Richter-tuned instruments a half-tone apart, with a slide so the player can choose one or the other. They were NOT designed to be "played in any key". (In fact the actual pitch of the notes is slightly diffferent from that of the 12- or 16-holers. And the tuning of a violin is again slightly different. And the piano different again! A fascinating study.

[dangerousdaveT]

Nice.love the info-and the track-is it Charlie McCoy playing?sounds like him.

[quinoacat]

No that is a Canadian named Mike Stevens. Mike is a great player that harps out Bluegrass tunes.

[harpfelt]

hi quinoacat,you realy know your stuff,this is a great video and going streat into my favorets,thanks,love and peace.

[quinoacat]

I am a harp geek and reed nerd freak I guess. I only wish I could rip it out like Mike Stevens. I try though and my friends tell me I got a few chops amongst all the annoying noises I harp out, lol...As soon as I get some video camera stuff worked out I'll post some stuff again.

[harpfelt]

im looking forward to that man

[iaco4ever]

Hi quinoacat!Still compliments it is a beautiful testimony of a stumento fantastico****.Hi your friend pine.

[lubitel11]

Hey, great, very informative video. And healthy soundtrack!. I didn't know about the open-tuned fiddles.

[iaco4ever]

Fantastica !!

[harpinbrett]

Nicely done, really enjoyed this video, Orange blossom Special is truly a "breath stealer" -thanks for posting!

[HarpLips]

Cool video and some great facts. Lots of work on this vid.  Cool

[KrisShred]

Thanks for the video. Really interesting! :)

[vidlad]

Well done for putting together this creative and informatve video 5 stars and into my favourites,

Regards

Jim Clark

See hundreds of unique videos of acoustic musicians and poets under my youtube name of vidlad

[quinoacat]

Thanks for your comments.  You have an awesome collection of videos.

[ToddGates]

Great video, and great playing--5 stars!

- Todd

[GroovyStretch]

cool movie..great info...thanks for the response...

[quinoacat]

I just love "Orange Blossom Special". The rendition in the video is by Canadian Mike Stevens. See My About This Video Info for a link to his website.

[dangerousdaveT]

I should have remembered this.I bought a Mike Stevens CD called simply "Harmonica" which mentioned he had won an award for Bluegrass that year.I'm pretty sure this was one of the tracks.Great playing by a great player!