I’m trying to play the classic tune to “As Time Goes By” from Casablanca. I’ve most of the start of it, but I’m getting stuck on last line of the first chorus, “The fund-a-mental things apply as time goes by”. Has anyone worked this out? Can be played on a C harp, but sounds better on a G or D I think
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Hi. This song is popular jazz standard. That genre is usually played from sheetnotes. You can play that on any harmonica. Just play notes as in C-harmonica from sheetnotes in C-key. If You wan’t to play-along with original track keep in mind that in Youtube song is in Db-major ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22CiKMPpaY ). You need play in Db-harmonica or transpose audiotrack to fit harmonica which You want to play. I found sheetnotes in C-key here: https://musescore.com/user/17324226/scores/6908353
Verse “the fundamental things…” looks simple, but afterwards I think will be harder to play.
Good luck
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Thanks Jan! I’m not good at reading music, but I think I can figure it out!
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Firstly I think that will be good to learn C-major scale on harmonica without bends. Firstly in middle octave because there are all notes. Then play first and third octave keeping in mind that there are missing notes (F,A in first octave, and A in third octave).
here are c-major scale
It is not important which harmonica You will use. When You be able to play C-major scale from sheetnotes then try to play melodies. Maybe firstly simpler melodies. For example “ode to joy”
Then try to play more advanced tunes like “As Time goes by”.
Playing from notes isn’t impossible and opens door for playing melodies without tabulatures.
Couple weeks ago @HarpinBobbyMcB made notes chart.
Maybe will be usefull for you. Here is: Scales - #14 by HarpinBobbyMcB
But. Personnaly I think that most efficient way to learn new melodies is to listen it many times and then play by ear. Playing by ear can be supported by application (for phone or computer) to play small parts of melody looped and slowed down.
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@JanDomanski , I couldn’t agree with you more! For me the best way to learn a tune is to listen to it and then do my best to mimic the sound on the harp.
Sometimes the toughest part is to find the starting part, but it helps to know which positions are major or minor, and test drive the tune starting from different places on the harp.
Glad you saw my notes chart as it relates to the piano 
and harp 
… I almost hurt myself patting myself on the back 
for that one. I was wondering if anyone saw it.
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On a tune like this (Playing in C Major), I use a Melody tuned Low F. (Lee Oskar designates it as a C Melody Maker). I retuned a Low F by raising the 3 blow 1 full step, the 5 draw a half step and the 9 draw a half step.
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