Song Name: | common eight bar blues chords/explanation for beginners | By: | Unknown |
Posted By: | up_it_goes | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | Any | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Any | ||
Created: | 2016-10-27 23:05:44 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | For those of you who don't know, a chord is several notes played at the same time. Certain songs (almost all) have chord progression. it would look something like this, I IV V I. Each of those roman numerals translate to certain note in the major scale. The note that it translates to is called a tonic and that is the lowest note in the chord. So essentially the roman numeral "I" means the number 1 which means the first note in the major scale (c or holes 1 and 4 on your diatonic c harmonica). From there, you can build your chords. For instance, the progression of an 8 bar blues could be I(1) V(5) IV(4) IV(4) I V I V First bar=I(1) Blow into the holes, 1 2 3 second bar=V(5) Suck through holes, 2 3 4 third bar=IV(4) Suck through holes, 5 6 fourth bar=IV(4) Suck through holes, 5 6 fifth bar=I(1) Blow into the holes, 1 2 3 sixth bar=V(5) Suck through holes, 2 3 4 seventh bar=I(1) Blow into the holes, 1 2 3 eighth bar=V(5) Suck through holes, 2 3 4 |