David's Tip of the Day: Help Me, Part 1 - Blues Standards

Our next song on the School of the Blues House Band Standards list is "Help Me" by Rice Miller. This iconic tune is one of the rare tunes in minor, F Minor to specific. Miller uses the Bb Harmonica in 2nd Position, and although there are some rough areas of major against minor, he still makes it work.

Your homework this weekend is to listen to the song and try to copy what he plays in the opening chorus and solo. On Monday we'll discuss how to approach both accompaniment and improvising.

For extra credit try to figure out how to play the bass line through all of the changes of the 12 Bar Blues. I'll give you the i7 Chord (lower case "i" denotes minor). The notes on the harmonica are 2 2 2 3' 4+ (Root, Root, Root, flat-3rd, 4th).

Have a great weekend everyone.