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Traveling Boogie Harmonica Notes

Catfish — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:45:14 +0000

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.

Harmonica 365 Day 4

Catfish — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:45:31 +0000

Hot and sweaty in the garage my Harmonica Notes fell on no ears (did you see what I did? that harmonica note thing there?) Anyway here it is.

Harmonica 365 Day 3

Catfish — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:47:21 +0000

Still working on the whole organizing my time, cleaning up my one hole and well… everything.

Harmonica 365 Day 2

Catfish — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:31:13 +0000

I know I missed day 2. I’m working on building the habit. I’ll get the hang of this. Here is Got my mojo working at Karaoke with my harp. The double blows and draws are driving me nuts. I’ll keep at it to get a cleaner sound.

Harmonica Notes Johnnie Red Interview

Catfish — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:43:21 +0000

Harmonica Notes took a few minutes out with Fort Worth blues Man Johnnie Red of Johnnie Red and the Roosters to talk about getting involved in the local blues music scene. If you have a band or want to get into one, he has some great advice.

http://johnniered.com/

Learn Harmonica In 30 Days Day 21 That’s All Folks

Catfish — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:03:14 +0000

Harmonica Notes Learn Harmonica In 30 Days Day 21. We are at the end of the last week. All we have left is the weekend. We came through it alright and I think we will may have gotten something out of all this. I know I did. Here’s the last video for now.

Learn Harmonica In 30 Days Day 20 Mixing Licks

Catfish — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:15:11 +0000

Harmonica Notes, Learn Harmonica In 30 Days Day 20. Today we are taking our licks we learned yesterday and putting it all together to play some 12 bar blues. Remember this is about using the bits of music that we know to make original music. Figure out what fits and put it all together. Most important, HAVE FUN!

Learn Harmonica in 30 Days Day 19 A Few Licks

Catfish — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:11:21 +0000

Harmonica Notes Learn Harmonica In 30 Days Day 19. Licks a little late. Here are some basic licks to practice for 12 bar blues. You’ll need the slow blues backup track for this and I have a link at the bottom of the page for that. Here’s the video.

Having trouble getting the tabs together for this, Please bare with me.

Until I can work out the downloadables here is the typed tabs + is draw – is blow ` means bent

3+` 3- 4+ 4- 3+

3+` 3- 3+ 4- 4+

4+ 4- 4+ 4- 3+

5+ 5- 4- 4+ 3+

Here is the harmonica back up track.

Learn Harmonica In 30 Days Day 18 Licks

Catfish — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:04:50 +0000

Harmonica Notes Learn harmonica In 30 Days, day 18. This is a primer on licks. We are going to be learning some tomorrow so we need to know what they are. This gives you a little information and a few ideas on how to make the most out of them

Learn Harmonica In 30 Days Day 17 Harmonica Tweaks

Catfish — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:29:55 +0000

Harmonica Notes Learn Harmonica in 30 Days, Day 17. Today we are taking a quick side track into tweaking. It’s something I learned from Adam Gussow. I way to flex the reeds to make them easier to play but be careful you don’t want to bend them too much because it will trash your harp. I have been having trouble with my harp so I bought a cheapy to check it out. It ain’t half bad with a little tweaking.