The hardest part about tabbing nowdays is finding a song that isn't on this list!
When I joined there were only about 2000 tabs. Now there is somewhere around 23 gazillion songs listed!
If you attend church, the hymnals are a good place to start, since the sheet music comes with the song. Then write the words, put the blow and draw holes above the words that you would play on a harp that is the key of the song. You don't need a harp in every key for that either. Once you get the numbers written down, you can play those numbers on any diatonic keyed harmonica. That's how I did several of the hymns that I have tabbed here. Most of my other songs I just learned to play by ear, then wrote the tabs down for them. Some songs are very simple to learn by ear, but I've still got a few I want to play and never have figured them out.
Fake books are another good source. And then, if you want to spend the money, you can get sheet music for about any song from the internet.
Another tip: sometimes a song can be played in different keys on the same harp. These are examples of positions. Example: "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" was already tabbed here by DJLactose. He has it in C on the high end, starting on 9 and ending of 7. I tabbed it in the key of F, starting on 7 blow and ending on 5 draw. It can also be tabbed on the low end of C, but you have to be able to bend 3 draw to play it. So look at your favorite songs, you may be able to tab it in a different position. "Amazing Grace" can be played on a C harp in the keys of C, F, and G.
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