What key is bob dylan's harmonica in?

in the song "like a rolling stone" to be specific.

It is in the key of C in Like A Rolling Stone. He uses other keys in other songs.

oh wow a dylan fan youdont see many of them sorry cant help but a good song

"Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by Bob Dylan from his album Highway 61 Revisited. First issued in 1965, it represents in its length (6:09), style, and scoring, one of the most influential of Dylan's songs. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it as the greatest song of all time, declaring, "No other pop song has so thoroughly challenged and transformed the commercial laws and artistic conventions of its time". In his 1988 speech inducting Dylan into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen remembered, "The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody had kicked open the door to your mind".


The song was originally written in waltz time and later changed to 4/4. Dylan first recorded it on June 15-16, 1965, in a pair of sessions produced by Tom Wilson; the musicians included Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Paul Griffin, Josef Mack and Bobby Gregg on drums. Paul Griffin, who had been hired to play organ, was moved to piano. Kooper, primarily a guitarist, inveigled himself behind the Hammond organ. Producer Wilson was dubious about Kooper's abilities with the instrument but acquiesced. During the playback Dylan asked Wilson to turn up the organ in the mix. "Hey man, (Wilson replied) that cat's not an organ player." Dylan was beginning to tire of Wilson: "Hey, now don't tell me who's an organ player and who's not... Just turn the organ up," he ordered.[1] According to Kooper, "that was the moment I became an organ player!".[2] Over the two days, Dylan managed to complete only one take of the song out of nearly two dozen attempts - the version heard on Highway 61 Revisited.

"Like a Rolling Stone" was released as a 45 rpm single on July 20, 1965. Despite its length 鈥?twice the maximum preferred by radio at the time 鈥?it became Dylan's biggest hit to that date,[2] remaining in the U.S. charts for nearly three months and rising to #2 behind The Beatles' song "Help!".

Dylan gave the song its live debut at his legendary Newport Folk Festival appearance on July 25, 1965. Highway 61 Revisited was issued at the end of August, and when Dylan went on tour that fall, "Like a Rolling Stone" took the closing slot on his playlist and held it, with rare exceptions, through the end of his 1966 "world tour", as well as during his return to touring in 1974 with The Band.

Jeff A is correct.

The song is in the key of C and so is the harp Dylan is playing.

This is different from most blues tunes with harmonica where the player often "cross harps" to get more 'blue' notes.

It is indeed in C. Dylan was notorious for playing in straight harp as stated above. So he used the same key harmonica that he played in. That is also explained in my citation below. You can look in my profile for musings about keys, modes, and positions if this is all above you.

I think he works with an A key but seriously, the horn doesn't really matter as much as your talent, time and dedication. grab one and play!

In C as stated by several others. I've always found it interesting that Dylan taught a 13 year old Arlo Guthrie how to play second position (cross harp), but almost exclusively plays straight harp on his records.

the Key of "D"

I don't anything about harmonicas.....I'm sorry.