Online blues harmonica lessons

Let's now try that new lick in all of the positions...

D Harmonica (2nd Position) = 3' 3" 2 1 2

G Harmonica (3rd Position) = 5 5+ 4 3" 4

A Harmonica (1st Position) = 8'+ 8 7+ 6+ 7+

Which one is easier for you to play and which version sounds best to you? Think about it.

Let's spend some time looking at the similarities between whistling and bending. Whistle some low, mid and high notes... note the position of your tongue and which part of the tongue you're using for each.

Let's now take a lick that uses only root notes for its construction... an accompaniment lick. Play the following lick to a jam track or favorite blues artist track in the Charleston rhythm (fist note on beat 1 and the second note on the & of 2). The lick below represents one measure of that chord change... follow the 12 bar blues progression when playing.

I7 = 2 2
IV7 = 1+ 1+
V7 = 1 1