Bushman Harmonica Contest 2009 - St. James Infirmary / Improvisation

hello world! I'm salih from germany and this is my entry to the "Bushman World Harmonica Contest 2009"
the theme i play is the "St. James Infirmary", mixed up with variations and improvisation, in some parts based on the version Louis Armstrong played
i did a lot of unrecorded solos, played it in third and second position on "classic bluesharps", in different keys, on different harps, but finally i decided to play it in dminor on my diminished harp

so the harp i use is a Golden Melody in Diminished Tuning in the key of A (one hole blow is an A),
the guitar is an old framus guitar, build in 1974.. i tuned it a whole step down to D G C F A D, to make it easier for me to play the song in dminor :)
recorded with my zoom h2 and filmed with my sony digicam

hope you like it!

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• bushman
• world
• harmonica
• contest
• 2009
• bluesharp
• diminished
• golden
• melody
• mundharmonika
• st.
• james
• infirmary
• framus
• guitar
• 1974
• germany

[arbite83]

Awesome stuff man. You got more diminished videos?? And how do u like that tuning??

[scootersalih]

@arbite83 thanks man! this is my only video with my diatonic diminished, but check my channel, on my black orpheus video i played my chromatic diminished!

[harpmatt100]

Haha... das mit dem Kloning find ich super. Schön gespielt.

[scootersalih]

@harpmatt100 hey, vielen dank! habs mit sogar auf den dritten platz geschafft !

[harpo10]

What kind of comb is on that Golden Melody?

[scootersalih]

@harpo10 hey sorry for the late answer!, the comb is a custom wood-comb i bought from a online harpshop in germany!

[Thirsty58]

Very Nice!!!

[harpcy]

cool  ;)

[shinemyshoes7]

fuck yea dude

[scootersalih]

@torstenohneh1 Dankeschön Torsten! Aber nochmal werd ich beim Bushman Contest wohl vorerst nicht mitmachen, wo ich noch immer auf meinen Preis vom letzten Jahr warte.. ;)

[torstenohneh1]

Hi Salih,

sehr schön...das nächste mal dann mit der CX12, oder?

liebe Grüße

Torsten