Ashokan Farewell -- Civil War song on harmonica

Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar. Played on a Lee Oskar Melody Maker harmonica at Bald Eagle Creek near Julian, Pennsylvania. I'm here to fly gliders, but the weather isn't cooperating today. So, I'm playing music instead.

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Music

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• Ashokan
• Farewell
• ashoken
• Lee
• Oskar
• Harmonica
• bald
• eagle
• ridge
• soaring
• civil
• war
• song
• tenting
• tonight
• hokd
• ccsc
• jay
• ungar

[idrnoel]

This is really beautiful.

[tjm3]

@idrnoel Thank you.

[TheBackOfTheBoat]

What key is that harmonica? Do you think I could play the song on a C?

[tjm3]

@TheBackOfTheBoat It's a Lee Oskar Melody Maker in D, and I'm playing in second position. You can play it straight in C. I found tab on the web at harpinanawhinin (Sorry to be cryptic, but YT won't let you post a link in comments. And, this is not the tab I use). You would need a D to play along with most recordings, though. Thanks for watching, and sorry to have missed your comment when you posted.

[901MovieMaker]

0:49 - 0:50 sounds a bit like Titanic. But nice song. Nice playing to this song isn't my favorite but it's close

[harproli]

Wonderful song!

Roli

[pawel0727]

great man!



[sgtjpmartin]

Very well played, just sad that its not an original song of the Civil War or the 19th century but from the 20th century. Good song though.

[mobilechief]

Beautiful friend!!st 1VA

[dmmmac2]

Very nice

[peterm3964]

I particularly enjoyed the wind hammering on the mic .. GOOD job

[gsevolved]

Wonderful. Thank You.

[jgstargazer]

@Verdunkel1941 There's nothing like a harmonica to sooth the soul. It also reminds me of cattle drives at the end of the day, the cowboys would play the harmonicas in the still of the night around the campfire. They say the animals also were calmed by it.

[aspenmiller101]

the setting perfect. the playing perfect. everything-perfect.