E Harp tracks.

I have been looking for an excuse to buy an E harp for a while now. But the first problem was that there are so few songs compatible with the E harp. I had collected together a few notes taken from a harp forum which gave me a few Sonny Boy II songs played in E.

I took the plunge and bought an E harp, while looking for an excuse to trial another Seydel product. I bought a Seydel  Soloist Pro and was not disappointed; though it did have a few odd features. I noticed that there was no hole numbering, and also where the comb comes into contact with the tongue the surface is heavily lacquered and has subtle chamfering, which I initially thought might be a problem – but no, in fact it was an improvement.

I collected to date 4 songs (see below)
Now to test the efficiency of Internet networking; anyone out there want to add to the list?

Don’t Lose Your Eye – Sonny Boy Williamson
Unseeing Eye - Sonny Boy Williamson
Cool Disposition - Sonny Boy Williamson
The Creeper Returns – Little Sonny

Harp Tracks in Bb.

Here are some tracks that harpists or wannabe harpists might find useful to work with. All of these tracks are played with a Bb harp; some of them are more challenging than others. All of the tracks are in the blues genre, if anyone out there would like to add to these tracks please contact me, it’s good to share. Enjoy:

Baby, Scratch my Back – Slim Harpo

Easy – Big Walter Horton

Pontiac Blues – Sonny Boy Williamson

Sitting on Top of the World (1958 single) - Howlin’ Wolf

Rockin’ with Reed – Jimmy Reed

You Don’t have to go – Jimmy Reed

Boogie in the Dark – Jimmy Reed

Quarter to Twelve – Little Walter

Crazy Legs – Little Walter

Little Boy Blue – Big Walter Horton

Fannie May – Buster Brown

Moody Blues – Slim Harpo

Rock me Baby – Slim Harpo

Help Me – Sonny Boy Williamson

Long Distance Call – Muddy Waters

Harp tracks to play along with.

The plan is to put some songs up that relate to various harp keys.

The hope is that some of you out there will be willing to share song titles that you have found useful to work along with.