![]() ![]() ![]() I go over that important lick in my Blues Harmonica for Beginners lesson, and go into even more depth on it in my Beginner to Boss course. In my experience playing harmonica in front of people for 30 years, nothing excites a crowd as much as the -45 trill. ![]() If a great band is playing in front of a lively crowd and you play nothing but a -45 trill, putting all of your emotion into it, I guarantee you people whoop and holler! In my opinion, the #1 most important harmonica riff for blues soloing is what many harmonica players call a -45 warble, which I call a -45 trill, and is accomplished simply by alternating quickly between -4 and -5. The #1 Blues Harmonica Riff (That’s Not Included Here) But often we’re up on stage sweating under the bright lights, it’s our turn to take a solo, we have to play something, our adrenaline is pumping, and we’re in the freak-out zone! Sometimes the “muse” is present, and inspired music flows through us, and we feel like we’re just surfing on the wave. Improvisation is an amazing, gratifying, even mystical art form. I mean, maybe when you’re at home learning them for the first time they exist in a vacuum, but eventually you’re going to play them in a song. Play with the phrasing – change the rhythm of it, orĬhange where in each of the three 4-bar phrases you play itĪnd this last point is really key. Make it shorter – don’t play one or more note It’s important to think about riffs as ideas that you can play around with. But it’s also important to recognize them for what they are. Knowing riffs will help you toward your goal of being able to play a blues harmonica solo. ![]()
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