I have no theory so it would be great if you could do that. Standard tab notation works best for me. (your stretched formant looks good too) I have an aging brain also. From your song list, I assume you are Australian, as are Toog and I.
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I recently ordered two custom-tuned Seydel Big-6 (6-hole) harmonicas and three custom-tuned Kongsheng Baby Fat (7-hole) harmonicas. They are all very easy to play and sound great. The Seydelâs cost 74 Euros each. The Kongshengs cost $USD30 each.
The first Seydel Big-6 is in the key of C and has the same layout as holes 4-9 of a standard Richter tuned diatonic harmonica, but lowered one octave so it starts on C4. The tuning is as follows:
Blow: C4 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5
Draw: D4 F4 A4 B4 D5 F5
The second Seydel is in the key of G and has the same layout as the C harmonica but with F# instead of F in the two places.
Between them the two Seydelâs can play 90 of the songs that I have transposed.
The first Kongsheng Baby Fat is a standard solo-tuned harmonica starting on C4. The tuning is as follows:
Blow: C4 E4 G4 C5 C5 E5 G5
Draw: D4 F4 A4 B4 D5 F5 A5
The second Baby Fat is the same layout as that but with F# instead of F in the two places.
The third Baby Fat has the same layout as holes 3-9 of a Paddy Richter tuned diatonic harmonica, but lowered one octave so it starts on A3. The tuning is as follows:
Blow: A3 C4 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5
Draw: B3 D4 F4 A4 B4 D5 F5
Between them the 3 Baby Fats can play 113 of the songs I have transposed.
The Seydelâs sound great but obviously have a small note range. To hear how they sound see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kupqaqp7AWY
The Kongshengâs are significantly cheaper but in my view sound just as good as the Seydelâs. I absolutely love playing them. They are very small and light and have nicely rounded mouthpieces, plus have a reasonable note range. To hear how they sound see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dBSSt4QAXc
If you are a beginner and want an easy to play solo-tuned C harmonica then I would highly recommend ordering the first custom-tuned Baby Fat I referred to above. It can play the following 65 of my transposed tunes:
A World Of Our Own
Advance Australia Fair
All My Loving
Am I That Easy To Forget
Amazing Grace
Annieâs Song
Any Dream Will Do
Auld Lang Syne
Banks Of The Ohio
Beauty And The Beast
Botany Bay
Both Sides Now
Chariots Of Fire
Click Go The Shears
Cotton Fields
Could You Ever Love Me Again
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Endless Love
Eternal Flame
Evergreen
For All We Know
From This Moment On
Green Green Grass of Home
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Hero
Homeward Bound
How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
I Fall To Pieces
I Honestly Love You
I Wonât Last A Day Without You
Iâd Like To Teach The World To Sing
If Tomorrow Never Comes
Imagine
In The Ghetto
Isnât She Lovely
King Of The Road
Let It Be
Let Me Be There
Love Is All Around
Lovinâ You
Making Memories Of Us
Moon River
Morning Has Broken
Mull Of Kintyre
My Heart Will Go On
Nothingâs Gonna Change My Love For You
Oh Susanna
Puff The Magic Dragon
Right Here Waiting
Running Bear
Save The Best For Last
Scotland The Brave
Slipping Away
Sometimes When We Touch
Tennessee Waltz
Thatâs What Friends Are For
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
The Power of Love
The Rose
The Way We Were
Three Times A Lady
Torn Between Two Lovers
Wooden Heart
Yesterday Once More
You Were There
Yes I am an Aussie.
If you just want standard tabs then go to https://www.harptabs.com/ It has many of the songs that I have transposed. If you want to convert the tabs to a different type of harmonica (eg. diatonic to chromatic) then go to DVIICE
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Some great Songs I just now am getting El Pasa Condor ( no tabs ) fairly well, What key do you have it in? Also where did you get Canât Help Falling In Love With You? I know most of it and play it in C. El Pasa Condor was a tough one to get timing and in memory down. Very few people know I play the harp and I am the last person my family and friends would think of playing music. Only when I am decent will they know, provided I live long enough.
My son and his wife live in Peru and it is extremely popular there. In another 3 to 6 months I will be able to play it fairly well. My harp will go to Peru when I do next time. Aint No Sunshine is another simple but nice tune.
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I got all of the songs from the web. Just searched for free sheet music. Paid for very few of them. Many of them I had to transpose to my preferred keys of C or G. I encode them in the key the sheet music is in and I have a program that transposes them to another key.
El Condor Pasa is in the key of C with three G# accidentals.
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