Mein Shtetele Belz

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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Three notes in parantheses means play those notes VERY QUICKLY. Trp tng means triple tongue.  Sustain the third note where indicated.

Top line = C diatonic harmonica
Bottom line = C chromatic harmonica

2 -3” -3 4 4 -3”
2 -3  -4 4 4 -3 

-3” -4 -3” -3 4
-3  -5 -3  -4 4 

2 -3” -3 4 4 -3”
2 -3  -4 4 4 -3 

-3” -3” -3” -3” 3 -3” 3
-3  -3  -3  -3  3 -3  3 

3 4 -4 5 5 4
3 4 -5 6 6 5 

5 6 -5 -4
6 7 -6 -5 

-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -3”
-7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -3 

-3” -3” (-4 trp tng) 4 -3 -3”
-3  -3  (-5 -5* -5)  5 -4 -3 

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5 -6 -7 7
6 -7 -8 8 

7 -8 7 -8 7
8 -9 8 -9 8 

(7  8 7  -8 7 -8  8 -8  8 (-8 -9  -8)
(9 10 9) -9 8 -9 10 -9 10 (-9 -10 -9) 

7 -8 7 -7 -6
9 -9 9 -8 -7 

-8  8 -8 (-8 -9  -8 sustain)
-9 10 -9 (-9 -10 -9 sustain) 


5 -6 -7 7
6 -7 -8 8 

7 (-8 -9  -8) 7 -8 7
8 (-9 -10 -9) 8 -9 8 

7 (-8 -9  -8) 7 -8  8
8 (-9 -10 -9) 8 -9 10 

-8  8 (-8 -9  -8) 7 -8 7 -7
-9 10 (-9 -10 -9) 9 -9 9 -8 

-8  8 -8 -6
-9 10 -9 -7 
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6
7 

5 -5 6 (-6 trp tng) 6 -5 5 4
6 -6 7 (-7 -7* -7)  7 -6 6 5 

(-4 trp tng) 4 -4 5
(-5 -5* -5)  5 -5 6 

3 5 5 5 -5 -5 6 6 6
3 6 6 6 -6 -6 7 7 7* 

6 -5 5 4 (-4 trp tng)
7 -6 6 5 (-5 -5* -5) 

4 -4 5 5 -5 5 -4 4 -3 7
5 -5 6 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4 9 

7 (-8 -9  -8) 7 -8 7
9 (-9 -9* -9) 9 -9 9 

7 (-8 -9  -8) 7 -8  8 -8  8
9 (-9 -9* -9) 9 -9 10 -9 10 

(-8 -9  -8) 7 -7 -6
(-9 -9* -9) 9 -8 -7 

-8  8 -8 -10 -10 -3”
-9 10 -9 -11 -11 -3

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound