Does anyone know the harmonica tabs for new song by Zach Bryan … Something in the Orange … (Z& E version) , thanks, Allen.
Hey Allen - I’ve got a note to get to this when I can. Anyone else wanna give it a stab?
Hey Luke,
Let me know if you’ve been able to get to this. Would love to learn it!
@bradleytoft welcome to the forum my friend! I have not. But based on your +1 I have moved it up the priority list!
I’ve also been trying to get this one down and just can’t get it
@bennion.palmer welcome to the forum! And now you’ve pushed it even HIGHER on the priority list. I’m gonna start to feel mean if I don’t address this soon…
I also have been looking for this lol
I messed around with a G harp to try and figure out some of the notes to this song but I can’t get it to sound quite right. I might be using the wrong key but I’m also really new to harmonica so he might be bending notes which is why I can’t replicate it.
I think it’s in a f but using a c
hey luke just checking in to see if you have got anywhere with this. thanks
All right @ajreiffer @bradleytoft @bennion.palmer @Isaiah2604 - Good things come to those who wait! I’ve finally got Something in the Orange (Z&E Version) harmonica tabs for ya!
@guiltysilence - welcome to the forum my friend! You are correct: he is using a G harmonica. The song is in G major or E minor, depending on your perspective (they’re the same thing as I explain here.)
So this is a basic “folk style” approach to harmonica playing in 1st position, in the style of Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Billy Joel.
There are two main harmonica parts in this tune: The Intro at the beginning, and The Solo at 1:52.
Intro Tabs:
45 56 34
-345 345
-345 345 -456 456 345
Solo Tabs
56 56 56 56 56 56 -456 567
56 56 56 56 56 56 -456 567
67 -56’ -56 67 -56 56
56 56 56 56 56 56 -456 567
567 567 567 567 567 567 -456 567
-78 67 34
Couple notes here:
In the third line of the solo, for the second note I wrote -56’ -56 to indicate that he bends that note a bit (this is a very common place to bend in this style.) It’s just one long note, but I wanted to note the little bend he does there cuz it adds a lot of flavor.
One of the challenges here is that he playing a lot of stuff “dirty.” Playing “dirty” is when you play one note and you allow a little bit of an adjacent tone to in as well (but it’s quieter than the main note.)
For example, first note of the third line I wrote 67, but you mostly her the 7 and just a little bit of the 6.
Similarly, on the last line with those 567’s, you kinda here those 7’s less and less as he approaches the -456.
BTW - “dirty notes” are most often talked about in a blues context, and most often it’s the upper adjacent note that get’s added in. So a “dirty -4” usually would mean letting in a tiny bit of the -5 as well. A “dirty -5” would be letting in a tiny bit of the -6 as well. But I digress.
Hope those tabs help and that you have fun jamming along with this tune.
If you don’t have a G harmonica, and you wanna buy one to play along with this tune, I’d recommend a Marine Band Deluxe for this style of music. It’s tuning sounds sweetest for chords, and it’s super comfy.
Thank you so much for this! I’ve wanted to learn this song for a long time!
great
Welcome to the forum @connorleek and @ZhuHua. Good to have you both aboard! Rock on!