1, 4 & 5 Chord
Hi David,
I've just started work on LOA 2 and have a question in connection with 1, 4 & 5 Chords, which I would be grateful if you can help me with.
I thought that I was just getting to grips with the whole 1,4 & 5 Chord thing being the basis of and 12 Bar Blues and how that corresponds with 1 chord being the root i.e. the key of the tune note so to speak, when I've noticed in my new study song Temperature, that line 2 of the piece begins with 1V Chord, nothing wrong with that but I thought the 1V chord on an A harp in second position i.e. in the key of E would be four steps up from E (that being 1 chord) so I was thinking that !V chord would be the note A i.e. blow hole 4?
Oh I've also just noticed that the crotchet shown as the start of line 2 has been written as an E natural, but isn't hole 5 blow (as shown as the start of line 2 of the tune) on an A harmonica Db?
thanks in advance David.
cheers
Greg
Thanks David much appreciated.
Pieces of the puzzle are coming together! Just getting into the Temperature study and chorus 5 & 6 really warm up the piece, well cool, would like to use this piece for a London jam session in the future. Slaps at the mo feel slightly mechanical but I will get there.
Have a fab day and thanks again.
Greg
I'm happy to help Greg. I'm glad you like "Temperature," it's an extremely jam-friendly song. Keep up your work on slaps, they're important (the slap is the default way a blues harmonica player presents a note).
Hello Greg. First of all, all of my notation is based on you "thinking" as if you're using a C Harmonica at all times. This is called C Score and is very common in the music world. So, thinking as if you're on a C Harmonica, this places you and the band in the key of G. The IV Chord is not just C, the root note, it is C E G (three notes constitute a basic chord... later you'll learn that blues commonly uses a four-note chord). So, this gives us three note options to play. 5+ is E, which is a valid note for that chord. When you get to Accompaniment Playing Study 3 you'll learn about this. Also Music Theory Study 3 covers this. I'm glad you're digging in and thinking about things, it will make you a better musician.