common eight bar blues chords/explanation for beginners
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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
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