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Gnarly He Man:
Speaking of the relative difficulty of playing chromatic harmonica . . .
Here is tune you may know, the title is I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman, it was a hit! Featuring whistling, you can find the video on YouTube.
Original title was Too Much Birdseed, and I wrote some words, but I did not include them in this video. I do, however, play the diatonic harmonica, switching harps as the melody modulates from Bb to B to C.

Hope you like it!

Age:
Great! 8)

brorat:
Toe-tapper!!😂

Gnarly He Man:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Was_Kaiser_Bill's_Batman

A Cook/Greenaway classic—they also wrote the Coke commercial.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Roger_Cook_and_Roger_Greenaway

Here’s the video—the guy is an actor, not actually whistling.
https://youtu.be/39dJptQV_Jc?si=A7W7HSJYu8tIJD1e

The tune is completely diatonic, try playing along with the third key—it’s C, so no button required on a chrom (and no bend necessary to get La)!

Since the melody is diatonic, playing it on chromatic gives you a chance to practice scales and arpeggios. Again, try it in C first, then add flats until you get sharp!
Since my tuning (bebop) has a Bb given, I should be able to play it without the button—don’t make me make another video.

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