soloing bluesy light feel improvising blues harp harmonica position

There are two ways to easily control whether you're playing bluesy or light in 2nd Position. Today I'll talk about one of them. The 5+ (E on the C Harmonica) is light and the 5 (F) is bluesy. So... if you want your licks to sound bluesy, choose the 5 over the 5+. If you want your licks to sound light, use 5+ over the 5.

These relationships also occur in different octaves. For playing bluesy choose the 2" F over the 2+ E... and vice-verse... and 9 F over the 8+ E... and vice-verse.

To sum up... use draw for bluesy (F) and blow for light (E).