I was watching a youtube video on Youtube the other day where there was a guy playing the traveling boogie. I hadn’t thought about learning the traveling boogie on my harmonica until I heard that. It made me realize that I really need to add that to my repertoire. Stevie Ray Vaughn uses different versions of it quite a bit. It might be helpful when playing SRV songs to be able to add it in.
I think it’s a basic that needs to be learned. The only problem is the overblow. It’s not uncommon but it’s not a beginner technique. I searched Youtube and found the video below.
Thanks to harpfriends for putting this up. Here’s the tabs for the harmonica notes he put with it:
Basic Boogie Woogie Without Overblows!
Bar1
-2 -3 -4 +5
Bar2
-5 +5 -4 -3
Bar 3
(repeat bar 1)
Bar 4
(repeat bar 2)
Bar 5
+4 +5 +6 +5
Bar 6
(repeat bar 5)
Bar 7
(repeat bar 1)
Bar 8
(repeat bar2)
Bar 9
-4 -4 -4 -4
Bar 10
+4 +4 +4 +4
Bar 11
-2 -3 +4 -3
Bar 12
-2 +2 -1 -1
Enjoy! It’s what I’m going to be practicing.
Great stuff. Thanks, Eric.