Blues harp third position youtube downloader

Nov 07, 2018 and then theres one for if i really want to be super minory. Harmonica lesson 3rd position blues scale and how to. When i first started to learn to play, the amount of instructional material was limited to a single tutor and source material was very hard to come by. Third position uses a harmonica a key below the key of the tune so a d harmonica for blues in e, an g harmonica for blues in a etc. In this blues harmonica lesson, liam ward gives you a simple trick to get. Third position blues has notes not available in second position.

Gussow blues harmonica tutorials on youtube complete. Third position blues harmonica tunes, harmonica lessons. One, they needed a small, compact unit, without any chromatic buttons or double reeds. Learners generally start with simple melodies in first position in the key of the harmonica, then move to second position blues e. Visit the url above, start the middle player on the page to hear how the 3rd position blues scale sounds.

May 31, 2008 history will show that your best blues harp players used mostly cheaper blues harps like the standard issue one around 20 dollars. This is not a pure instructional page but more a series of pointers from someone who has been playing blues harp for more than 40 years. Hello, with oh when the saint in 1st and second position i understand how to play something in 1st po and translate in 2nd. There are numerous techniques available for harmonica, including bending, overbending, and tongue blocking. A contemporary blues harp player should be proficient in second, third and first position. After the 10th kim dae hwan memorialday in seoul, korea 1st march, 2014 blues harp. Specifically, using a c harp i will provide harmonica tablature to play the blues scale in c first position, g second position, and d third position. Using an f harmonica is playing in 2nd position, and using a d harmonica is playing in 3rd. What lays out most naturally is a minor key scale, and an easy to play blues style. This harmonica playing general info section is an introduction to the two most important types of harmonicas, which harmonica to get, and the difference between 1st and 2nd playing positions.

King biscuit time awesome blues site with focus on blues harmonica. This page shows how the blues scale can be played in three different keys on a single harmonica. For third position the notes are 4d 5b 5d 6b 6d 6d 7b 8d. Our harmonica playing overview section is an introductory primer on the two most important types of harmonicas, which harmonica to get, and the 1st and 2nd playing positions. This style of playing is called 1st position or straight harp. Blues harp 2nd position blues harp or cross harp denotes a playing technique that originated in the blues music culture, and refers to the diatonic harmonica itself, since this is the kind that is most commonly used to play blues. Recall that the blues scale was introduced in a previous article octnov for 2nd position. For intermediate and advanced players most beginning students can spend a few hours or days with one of my beginning methods, and are then ready to start working with these products. Watch a few samples of stephanies harp music videos taken from past performances to get a feel for having a harpist at your special event. Lots of sound clips, pictures and blues and harp related links.

But when say i play in d with harp g in third position, how do you know that you play in 3rd without having the corresponding tab either in 1st or 2nd to be tranlated in 3rd. The blues harp is designed for this specific blues sound, but thanks to the modular system it can easily be adjusted and changed to anything you want it to be easy, quickly, at any time. Click here to get the full lesson and chart for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. There are plenty of other positions worthy of exploration and overbending has come of age, but these three positions provide the foundation of classic harmonica blues. While youre stuck at home, make the most of your time by learning a new language, skill, or even train for a remotework job with our new premium online courses. And i will show you how you can use your 2nd position licks to. Harmonica tabs blues harp tablature 3rd position songs minor. Today i will teach you how to play the blues scale in 3rd position middle octave. First position blues learn how to play great blues harp. C on a c harmonica, 2nd position is a 4th below that g on a c harmonica, 3rd position is another 4th down d on a c harmonica. Third position uses a harmonica one tone below the tune key a g harmonica for blues in a, a d harmonica for blues in e etc.

But third position isnt just for psychedelic latin bluesrock. Third position is when the one draw hole is the root note, so for example if youre playing a c harp in 3rd position youd be in the key of d. Advanced live brothers gage videos dave gage music youtube. For example, on c harp, g major pentatonic scale and e minor pentatonic scale are the same thing. You can also access our site through your mobile phone. If you cant do this bend yet, then just play the 6d twice.

This music will fit well for travel france, beach vacation, love and cool situations. A great position for minor blues and lends its self to octave style playing. Carolans dream played on celtic harp by mark harmer. Funky harp shows you how to play in third position and add the dorian scale to your musical repertoire. Based on my own listening and experimenting, i think his specific harp part is played on a g harp in 3rd position. There are good reasons, they are harder to sound than the lower ones, the breathing pattern reverses, and, for second position blues there is no flat third. Piano and harmonica duet playing a very relaxed and sensual bossa nova music. An instruction method for playing the blues harmonica tony little sun glover tony little sun glover b. The most popular tends to be the second position or first position, if youre a folk guy or a blues guy. If the music is in the key of c, then using a c harmonica is playing in 1st position. Modern powerful heavy blues tune featuring rums, live electric bass, live overdriven guitar and blues harp. An earlier article harmonica world feb mar 2009 covered 3rd position blues basics.

The notes in this scale are exactly the same as mimor pentatonic scale in 5th position. How to play third position blues on a harmonica harmonica. On the c harp, the 4 draw is a d note, and 3rd position is the art of playing your c harp in the key of d. Third position blues learn how to play great blues harp. Jan 25, 2009 the easiest scale to play in 4th and 5th position is the minor pentatonic. Hello, in todays harmonica lesson i will be explaining how positions work on harmonica. Gussow blues harmonica tutorials on youtube 66128xtra. The iv chord in 3rd position the one you move to in bars 5, 6 and 10 of a twelve bar blues corresponds to cross harp from draw hole two, so you can slip in some familiar 2nd position licks as long as you remember to flatten draw hole three to keep things sounding minor. Thank you for your explanation marc, just to clarify, for the i chord we have d f a c, for the iv chord g bb d f and for the v chord a c e f and the reason we play in third position is that as we know have a flat 3rd, there is know a more bluesy feel to the music. This lesson is aimed at players who want to give third position a go.