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How to play Thrill is Gone by Paul Butterfield in 3rd position!

Hello and welcome to this week’s harmonica lesson where I will show you how to play the Paul Butterfield’s version of the BB King classic – Thrill is Gone. Paul normally played it in 2nd position on a  D harmonica but I thought it would be fun to show you in 3rd position on a G harmonica.

3rd position

This tune is played in 3rd position on a G harmonica which means that we are playing in the key of A. The song is a minor song so we are playing in the key of A minor.

Although I’m reasonably certain that Paul played it in 2nd position on a D harmonica, I think it is fun to learn songs in different positions for a different feel.

Lick 1

Lick 2

Lick 3

Lick 4

Backing track

Thank you

Thank you so much for taking part in this lesson. I hope it was useful for you. If you enjoyed it please feel free to share it with your friends on Facebook and/or Twitter.

If you have any questions just send me a wee email.

See you next Wednesday for the next harmonica lesson!

Comments

  2. Suely says

    You´re amazing. I´m very happy with every lesson you teach. I´m study a little because I was photografing some harmonicas to do a calendar of 2018. Thank you very much.

  3. Bill says

    HI Tomlinson-can’t download tab from your e-mail link; response is ‘safari can’t download file’. I’m using an iPad.

  4. Udo Killermann says

    Hello Tomlin,

    The links to your fine tabs don’t work if I use Chrome on macOS. I enter eMail and first name but the dialog doesn’t proceed as expected and I get no mail. If using Safari everything works.

    Could you please check?

    Kind regards,
    Udo

  8. tomlinleckie says

    Hi Udo, I’m sorry to hear that – It must be an issue with Chrome. Are you ok to use Safari instead? Cheers, T

  10. tomlinleckie says

    Nice work!When you are playing with the backing track, try to start on beat 4 of the count in 🙂

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