Richard Hunter plays "For Once In My Life" on chromatic and diatonic harps

I play Stevie Wonder's classic chromatic harmoncia solo from "For Once In My Life" on the C chromatic harmonica (which is what Wonder used) and a re-tuned B diatonic harmonica in 2nd position.

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Music

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• harmonica
• harp
• chromatic harmonica
• Richard Hunter
• Stevie Wonder

[Randysinger]

nice work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lightninrick]

@Randysinger  Thanks!

[dcalstring]

cool video. Can you help me to choose a harp? I'v got d money. But i'm confused. Was planning to buy a c diatonic. But then i'm having 2nd tot's for a cromatic one. I'm a guitarist. Don know much abt harps . Are there cromatic harp for every key ? Which cromatic should i buy to play in all the keys and at least two octives? Pls help

[lightninrick]

@dcalstring Depends on what kind of music youw ant to plkay and how much time you have to learn. learning curve is longer with chromatics, and they're mostly useful for jazz and classical. Diatonics are the preferred instrument for folk, blues, rock, and anything else where the harmony stays close to one scale.

[DelaneyHF]

How do you get the quick tones @ 3:18 on a diatonic.

I hear it a lot of times but I cant get it.

[lightninrick]

@DelaneyHF

It takes practice. On the diatonic, you go from blow 5 to draw 6 twice, then do a quick turn starting on the bent draw 6 reed; the phrase is draw 6 bend, draw 6, draw 6 bend, blow 5, draw 6 bend. You can hear on the recording that it's not executed totally cleanly, and that's because it's not simple.

[dcalstring]

correction, while 3draw i get only as far as natural a. I read somewhere that i hows down upto a flat

[dcalstring]

thanks dude. I bot a cheap c diatonic in confusion. So as to try it out. I get all the natural notes on it. But when it comes to bending i get only an f # and an a flat in the 2 and 3 draw. I tried real hard. Is it cos of the cheap harp or do i have to work harder. Pls. . .

[lightninrick]

@gorner1

Sorry gorner, I really have no time for that project. Regrets, RH

[gorner1]

can u wrtie down the Tabs od the Diatonic please?

thank you !