HarpNinja
3097 posts
Jan 16, 2013
7:29 AM
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I jammed with a group last night that I am fairly certain I'll get the chance to sub for. A ton of the work is rhythm playing. By that I mean filling out the roll of a keyboard or bass player. I'll be using a lot of octaves and partial chords throughout various sections.
I love this as it will prove to be quite the challenge. First task is getting more familiar with the notes of various chords. Is anyone aware of a tool that shows the notes of various chords for quick reference? Generally, I am pretty good at finding the pitches on a harmonica, but it would be very helpful for me to visualize my options.
As an example...
If a progression moves from Em to A...
E G B
A C# E
I can use a Low C harp to play the 3-6 then the 2-5
One thing I am HORRIBLE at is remembering the notes that make a chord when someone uses note names and not intervals. I should learn the note names on more keys of harmonica too.
Thanks!
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isaacullah
2254 posts
Jan 16, 2013
7:39 AM
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Perhaps these? http://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/chartmaps.htm
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mojojojo
119 posts
Jan 16, 2013
7:51 AM
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Last Edited by on Jan 16, 2013 7:53 AM
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mojojojo
120 posts
Jan 16, 2013
7:55 AM
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mojojojo
121 posts
Jan 16, 2013
7:59 AM
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Yeah this chart is good for a C harp....have to transpose the notes for other key harps.
if the song is Em, you have the issue of playing position...2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th?
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timeistight
1059 posts
Jan 16, 2013
8:05 AM
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Start off learning triads. There are only four for each tonic: major, minor, diminished and augmented.
Here are the interval patterns:
Major: major third plus minor third (e.g., C E G)
Minor: minor third plus major third (e.g., C Eb G)
Diminished: minor third plus minor third (e.g., C Eb Gb)
Augmented: major third plus major third (e.g., C E Ab)
Memorize that relationship and you can build your own chord chart.
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timeistight
1060 posts
Jan 16, 2013
8:53 AM
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A good way to drill the location of these chords on the harp is to arpeggiate a triad on each degree of a scale. A major scale goes major, minor, minor, major, major, diminished and back to major on the tonic (I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii° and back to I).
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There's a lot of hubbub about this really loud, horrible-sounding, what-they're-trying-to-call blues. And people make a big stir, and sometimes it sells but, eventually it fades away because there's no meat.
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HarpNinja
3100 posts
Jan 16, 2013
8:57 AM
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I am going to sound dumb, but if I just memorize the major triads for 12 keys, I can than just remember what I need to flatten or raise on the 3rd and 5th.
I obviously didn't sleep well last night! I would survive 99% of the time comping just doing this and remembering basic harmonica note layout stuff.
Now I need a quick way to remember the richter layout in all keys...
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