Name that Tune

[Gnarly He Man]

I had no idea Jon Hendricks wrote the English lyrics. Big fan here!

[Gnarly He Man]

Here’s a clip of the A section, demonstrating the use of two notes (x2!).

[Age]

Aw Gnarl! You stopped just before the good part.

[Gnarly He Man]

Here ya go!

[SlideMeister]

There ya go! Outstanding!!

[John Broecker]

Here's another Name That Tune, from 1954.
This time, we'll use tablature of Larry Adler
(born 1914-2001), tablature from 1936 to
at least 1957, in Larry's Chapell publications.

Larry started his pro career (1928?) as a
harmonica tablature and ear training artist,
with a rehearsal pianist who played the tune,
and Larry copied the melody, on his chromatic.

By the time he was performing music with
The Sydney, Australia Symphony (circa 1936?),
he was convinced that he needed to read
traditional music notation. He studied with
an instructor.

SAMPLES: TABLATURE SYSTEM USED WITH
               ADLER'S ARRANGEMENTS

5B = EXHALE (Blow) hole 5; B(Blow) used
        with any hole number

6D = INHALE (Draw) hole 6; D(Draw) used
        with any hole number

<--3B (with < sign) slide in, EXHALE(Blow, hole 3)
        may be used with any hole number

<--8D (slide in, Draw) INHALE draw, hole 8
used with any hole number.

We are using Larry's tablature, but this song
was not published by Chappell, as far as we know.

This tune is playable on any 12-hole slide chromatic,
solo system reed placement harmonica, with Larry's
tablature. It's useable on any factory-installed "Do"
slide harp.

Name That Tune (Excerpt, not complete)
(this is not written in the correct rhythms):

||4B 4D 3D 3B |<--2B 3B 3D 4B |4D 3D 3B 2D |2B

||3D 3B <--2B 2B |1D 2B 2D 3D |<--3B 2D 2B 1D |1B

Best Regards, Stay Healthy

JB, Drumslinger

 

[John Broecker]

The most recent posted Name That Tune is
Fly Me To The Moon, by Bart Howard(USA
native Howard Joseph Gustafson, 1915-
2004).  The tune was copyrighted in 1954.

Of all of his 49 composed tunes, Howard "lived off"
this tune for the rest of his life, paid in royalties.

The original composition was written in 3/4 time
signature (3 foot taps per measure, each quarter
note gets one foot tap). Later, many versions were
arranged in 4/4 time. The posted tablature is in 4/4.

The next NTT will be scored in Cham-Ber Huang's
Chinese tablature.

Best Regards, Use harp tabs when needed.

JB