“I have talked about this with Peter before and we’ve also received similar inquiries about Puff…according to Peter, this is just a “serendipitous coincidence,” Paul Kehoe of wrote in an e-mail sent to The Garden Island this weekend. Unfortunately for the dreamers and pop culture makers of the North Shore the song has no ties to Hanalei. The song was later released in March 1963 as a track on the best-selling Peter, Paul & Mary record album “Moving.” The song gained national prominence in 1962 when it made it to number-two on the Billboard Top 100 pop charts. The Peter, Paul & Mary song “Puff the Magic Dragon” is frequently connected with the North Shore place name Hanalei for the reference to mythical Honah Lee. Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton. If you really want to gain a deep understanding of rhythmic notation, there is no better way than by learning to read standard notation.“Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee,” As these rhythms are tricky, I’d recommend counting eighth notes out loud and clapping on the beats before putting it onto the instrument. The second approach requires an understanding of rhythmic notation. This is a song we’ve all heard a million times and know by heart. The first, and easiest, is to play by ear. Therefore, there are two ways to approach learning the rhythm. This means that the melody, sometimes, hits “off” the beat (i.e. Now some of the rhythms will be a little tricky as they are syncopated.
This is why Melody B sound more rich and full when compared to Melody A. In other words, you’ll be strumming a chord PLUS playing the melody. In Melody B, you’ll play out of the same chord positions, but the single note melody lines will include the harmony. In Melody A, the harmony is simplified to a single chord strum, while the melody is played as single notes.
Okay, I know what you’re thinking: “What does that mean?” What’s great about this arrangement, is that once you learn the first melody (which is fingerpicked), the second melody (which is strummed) falls right to hand. Learn to play this iconic melody twice! Once fingerpicked and once strummed. Below is the lesson for “Puff, the Magic Dragon” by Peter, Paul and Mary.
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