Your first 1st position 12 bar blues on harmonica

This week’s lesson carries on from last weeks about playing blues in 1st position. Today, I’ll be showing you your 1st 1st position 12 bar blues.

You will need a harmonica in the key of G to play along.

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I Chord

Over the I chord I am focusing on the root note which is the 7 hole blow.

You will see that I played a call and response phrase; same start but with a different ending. This is quite a good strategy when you are improvising your own solos.

IV chord

Over the IV chord I am focusing on the root note of this chord which is the 9 hole draw.

V chord

The root note of the of the V chord is the 9 hole blow.

Turnaround

I played a turnaround riff here which is very similar to one that we have played in 2nd position. It is slightly simplified as the regular version would involve using an overblow. I will get round to doing a lesson on overblows in the not too distant future.

Listen to the whole thing here;

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