Audio Example 7.6:

"Mr. Tambourine Man," harmonica solo

Chapter 7
Audio Example 7.6
Page 178

"Mr. Tambourine Man," harmonica solo

New York, NY (Columbia Studio A)January 15, 1965

This solo includes several instances of a repeated figure, prominent not only in Dylan's studio recording of the song but in countless live versions, that evokes both hints of the train style in its quick blow-and-draw alternation and of taps on the tambourine head: harmonica as rhythm instrument.