"Shuffle the Deck" by Roly Platt!

WOW! So I recently bought a Roly Platt harp wah, (and I love it - I’ll be doing a review of it after I have some more time working with it) so I started looking into “the man behind the mute” and stumbled upon this!

I watched it, and then played it 4 more times in a row, and counting Really great harmonica playing! (Great dancing too!) Can’t stop listening to this catchy tune…

Hope you love it as much as I do.

Rock on,
Luke

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It’s all about the clean notes really.
This is a perfect example.

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Love those legs.

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Hey All,

Really good - dancing and harmonica…

-Ed-

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Just Wow! Incredible what humans can do with their breath, and their bodies.

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Luke, I need this tab! I’ve been trying to figure out the harmonica tab for this song, but it’s just damn hard. Any chance you can do it? I would love to play swing stuff. :3

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Good luck !! :laughing:

Thanks haha. Luke could help, though :winking_face_with_tongue:

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@galbicsekn Welcome to the forum! I had just been thinking “it’s been awhile since I transcribed any harmonica” so your comment is right on time! I only had enough time to get the first 3 phrases down, but when I have time to do more, I’ll come back and post it! LMK how it goes…

Played on a D harmonica, 2nd position key of A.

Shuffle the Deck Tabs

-5 -4’ -3 -2

-2” -2 -3” -3’

:backhand_index_pointing_up:t3:The -2” here is a grace note so it just sound like -2, but there’s a real fast bend into it.
The -3 is released almost all the way up but not quite - like a 1/4-step between -3’ and -3

-5 -5 -5 -4

-5 -4 5 -4’ -3’ 4 (3) -3” -3 -2

:backhand_index_pointing_up:t3:The blow 3 is a ghost note, you barely hear it

-5 -4’ -3 4 3

-3’ 3 4 3 -4’ -3’ 4 -3” -3 -2

:backhand_index_pointing_up:t3:The last -3 bend is played dirty

These are some REALLY cool licks that are helping me break out of some ruts I’ve been in with my phrasing. I’m definitely stoked to keep studying this song.

Roly is a BEAST!! I just LOVE his phrasing. So playful.

What’s cool too is that I usually listen to his Inside Out album, which this song is not on, so it’d kinda fallen off of my radar. Really great stuff. Thanks for the request!

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Luke, you are awesome! I started to learn harmonica with your beginner course, and it gave me a very decent basis, so I was already forever grateful, but now… forever + 1 year. Thank you :raising_hands:t3:

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Aw cool :hugs:. I’ve got a crazy month or two of recordings, videos, gigs, and travel, so not sure when I’ll get back into it - but I tell you this…I WILL get back into at some point. Just FANTASTIC playing. Thanks for the shout. Rock on! :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: