Hello, today’s lesson is all about playing a full tune including accompanying a singer and taking a solo. I will be showing you how to do this with the Jonny guitar Watson classic Gangster of Love.
You will need a harmonica in the key of A. We’re playing in 2nd position which means we are playing in the key of E.
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Accompanying the singer
Lets look at what we are going to play around the singer first…
Hook
The first lick is a ‘hook’ and sounds very similar to the Hoochie Coochie Lick. You will need to make sure that the 3 draw is bent down to the blue 3rd. Furthermore, you also need to make sure that the jump from the 2 draw to the 4 blow is accurate. It doesn’t feel like a lot of space but it is very easy to fumble.
Listen to what the guitar does in the backing track because you will be playing exactly the same thing.
Lick 1/h2>
Lick 2/h2>
Lick 3/h2>
Turnaround/h2>
Soloing
During the solo section, the guitar actually follows a standard 12 bar progression. This is very common for this kind of blues. You have a 16 bar progression for the verses then a 12 bar for the solo.
Solo Lick 1
Solo Lick 2
Solo Lick 3
Solo Lick 4
Solo Lick 5
Solo Lick 6
Solo Lick 7
Solo Lick 8
Solo Turnaround
Playthrough
Backing track
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Thanks for instructions, i m a beginner and tried any but u tell is very good how 2 play.
Greetings from Germany
Hey Tomlin, thank you so much for your lessons, they continue to be a source of inspiration. I was wondering if htere was an easy way to download the backing track, I’m already signed up to the mailing list but I can’t seem to find a link for the track to download.
Hello Tomlin,
thank you so much for your effort. Great work. It makes me thinking that I need
to get my harps back into my life.
regards
Roland
Thank you Much appreciate the time you put into trying to teach me when I only have only have a G &C Easttop blues harmonicas
I’ve tried downloading the tabs sheet & my table says it can’t be opened Which file type do you use to do the tab sheets so I can install some compatible software. Many thanks
Kathie
This is great.
A real GREAT lesson – thank very much Tomlin!
Hi Tomlin, another great lesson, a bit tricky for me,could take a while but ill get there in the end
Regards
Tom.
Hello
Your lessons have inspired me…thank you
Your class are very good, you could send me email this lesson? thank you
Thanks as always.
Thankyou Tomlin That is a great lesson
Hi Ed, try refreshing 🙂 T
Hi John, I’m so glad you enjoy the lessons! I am gradually making audio available for all my lessons but it will be a while before they are all linked up. Thanks for your patience 🙂 Best wishes, Tomlin
My pleasure Kathrine 🙂
Hi Kathrine – you will need to decompress the folder that has the tab and audio clips. It is a Zip file. Best wishes, Tomlin
Hi Aroldo, Thank you for your kind words. I’m afraid you can only view the video on the website. Best wishes, Tomlin