The songs and instruction on this website are samples and exerpts from HarmonicaLessons.com. Our "Free Harmonica Songs, Tabs & Notes" section is a collection of simple songs for harmonica and harmonica riffs that most people will recognize. Scroll down the page to view the complete song list. For more harmonica songs, tabs, blues riffs, plenty of video lessons and live classes, visit HarmonicaLessons.com.
Dave explains the value of not just learning a scale up and down, but dividing it into smaller "bite-size" chunks, which can then be used as blues riffs.
Here are Dave Gage's sons, Brody and Alex, now called the Brothers Gage, back when they were 10 and 12 year old kids. This video shot in 2015, is an unedited take playing an improvised blues and country based jam and having a bunch of fun.
One plays rhythm beatbox harmonica while the other takes a solo. They are both playing a standard key of "C" 10-hole diatonic in 2nd Position (which is also known as "Crossharp"). They both learned to play harmonica around age 5 and now also sing, play guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards. The key to getting good is consistency. They still practice every single day.
The harmonica songs and tabs here are samples from HarmonicaLessons.com and range in level from beginning to more advanced. The song tab below are designed for a standard 10-hole diatonic harmonica (click to buy one), sometimes referred to as blues harp or short harp.
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