Phrases (riffs/licks)

In this section some archives of audio with phrases (riffs/licks) with the objective serving like
practices with the harmonica are included. The terms riff and lick talk about musical phrases,
that is to say, to melodías or musical pieces that are repeated or not in a song (rock, blues,
etc…). In the case of lick it has in addition a meaning to “melodía improvised”. These terms
are equivalent to the figure of the ostinato in classic music, with the same definition: repeated
pieces of melodía or progression of agreed like support.

All the archives of sound are in format mp3 to 48 Kb/s and with harmonica in C if the
opposite does not specify itself.

It is necessary to consider already explained in the section “How to begin”, on rate, simple
and clean notes, mouth, etc… before trying to execute the scales and examples in audio.
These exercises are not a systematic method of learning by steps but one helps to acquire
naturalness with the rates, scales, etc… so that repeating time and time again we pruned them
to have a base at the time of knowing notes, approaching melodías more complex, to improve
our improvisation and really to acquire masters in the harmonica.

He is preferable to begin slowly all that we pruned but always trying to do it well, the speed
is something that will leave single as soon as we dominate a subject and we would not have
to give importance at the outset him. In the scales and exercises many are included bends and
means bends (frequently the note less of a halftone lowers) reason why is one of the first
techniques that also we must approach previously.

Representation of notes and cells: the numbers indicate blown 2 3 the 2 cells |
inhaled | blown | 1 bend inhaled | bends inhaled | bends inhaled | 1 bend blown |
bends. The shown tablaturas (cipher code and arrows) are only a complement to the archives
of audio knowing that notes are touched. It is not a code that the rate (tempo) of each scale
or melodía indicates with clarity, duration of notes, silencios, etc. reason why to
include/understand and to execute the scales and exercises both things are necessary, the
audio tablatura and file. As we gained musical ear the tablaturas will become unnecessary.
1 3 3 4 4 4 3

2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3

3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3

4 1 2 3 3 3 4

5 4 5 4 6

6 5 5 4 3 3 3

7 3 4 5 5 5 4

Alternating notes
8 1 2 3 4 5 cells 4 and 5 4 4 3 3

9 3 3 2 2 2

10 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3

11 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 3

12 2 2 3 4 5 6 6

13 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 3

14 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3

Alternating notes
15 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 cells 5 and 6 5 4 3 3 3

16 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 3

17 3 3 4 5 5 5 4

18 3 3 3 4 3 3 3

19 3 3 3 4 4 3 3
 Vibrato
20 of
1 2 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 throat

21 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3

22 6 6 7 8 7 6 7

23 3 4 4 4 1 2 3 3

24 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 6 6 7

25 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1

26 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3

27 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2

28 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3

29 4 5 4 3 3 4

30 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3

31 1 2 3 3 3 2

32 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2

Alternating notes Alternating notes Alternating notes

33

34 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 3

35 3 3 4 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 6 5 5 4

Alternating notes
36 6 6 5 6 6 5 4 6 6 5 6 5 4 3 4 cells 3 and 4 4 3 3 3

Vibrato
37 of
2 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 3 throat

38 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3

39 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 3
40 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 2 3

41 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3

42 4 5 3 3 3 4 4 5 3 3

43 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 1

44 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3

45 6 5 4 4 3 3 1 2 3 2

46 3 3 4 4 3 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 3

47 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3

Alternating
Alternating notes
48 notes
cells 3 and 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 cells 3 and 4 4 4 3 3

49 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1

50 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 3

Vibrato
51 of
3 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 6 5 throat

52 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1

53 3 3 4 5 4 3 3 3

54 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 1

55 3 3 3 3 2 3

56 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3

57 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3

58 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
59 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2

60 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3

Vibrato
61 of
3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 throat

x3 x3 x3 x3 x3 x3
62

x4
63

x2
64
Alternating
65 notes
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 cells 4 and 5

5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5

66
Alternating
5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 notes

Vibrato
67 of
3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 throat

68
Alternating
69 notes
3 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 cells 2 and 3

70

71

72

73

74 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4

75 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1

76 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 2

77 4 6 4 4 6 4 4 6 4 3 3 1 2 2 2
78

79

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Scales for Harmonica
In this section some archives of audio with scales the objective will be included to serve as
practices with the harmonica:
All the archives of sound are in format mp3 to 48 Kb/s and with harmonica in C if the
opposite does not specify itself.

It is necessary to consider already explained in the section “How to begin”, on rate, simple
and clean notes, mouth, etc… before trying to execute the scales and examples in audio.
These exercises are not a systematic method of learning by steps but one helps to acquire
naturalness with the rates, scales, etc… so that repeating time and time again we pruned them
to have a base at the time of knowing notes, approaching melodías more complex, to improve
our improvisation and really to acquire masters in the harmonica.

He is preferable to begin slowly all that we pruned but always trying to do it well, the speed
is something that will leave single as soon as we dominate a subject and we would not have
to give importance at the outset him. In the scales and exercises many are included bends and
means bends (frequently the note less of a halftone lowers) reason why is one of the first
techniques that also we must approach previously. If we were accustomed only to subjects
that do not include bendings it will be to us simpler and fast but only it will serve us to
postpone most difficult for the end.

SCALES:

Representation of notes and cells: the numbers indicate blown 2 3 the 2 cells | inhaled
| blown | 1 bend inhaled | bends inhaled | bends inhaled | 1 bend blown | bends. The
shown tablaturas (cipher code and arrows) are only a complement to the archives of audio
knowing that notes are touched. It is not a code that the rate (tempo) of each scale or melodía
indicates with clarity, duration of notes, silencios, etc. reason why to include/understand and
to execute the scales and exercises both things are necessary, the audio tablatura and file. As
we gained musical ear the tablaturas will become unnecessary.

12 compasses blues in G (12 bar blues).

12 compasses blues with guitar (12 bar blues) (to practice and to improvise with our
harmonica).

notes G G G G C C G G D C G G

compass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

to aspire
to blow x4 x4 x4 x4 x4 x4 x4 x4 x4 x4 x4 x4
cell 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 3

Greater scale in C (first position).

4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7
 Greater Pentatónica scale in C.

1 1 2 2 3 4

Greater Pentatónica scale in D.

1 2 2 3 3 4

Greater Pentatónica scale in E.

2 2 3 3 4 5

Greater Pentatónica scale in G.

2 3 3 4 5 6

Smaller Pentatónica scale in A.

3 4 4 5 6 6

Smaller Pentatónica scale in D.

1 2 2 3 4 4

Smaller Pentatónica scale in E.

2 2 3 3 4 5

Scale basic Blues in C (first position).

7 8 9 9 9 1010

Scale basic Blues in G (second position).

2 3 4 4 4 5 6

Scale ascending and descendent basic Blues in G (second position).

2 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 2

Mixolidia scale in G (second position).

2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6

Scale Blues in D (third position).

4 5 6 6 6 7 8
 Scale Smaller Dórica in D (third position).

1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4

Scale Blues in A (fourth position).

6 7 8 8 8 9 10

Natural Smaller scale in A (fourth position).

3 3 4 4 5 5 6

Scale Smaller Frigia in E (fifth position).

2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5

Subject Blues 101 (second position).

Subject Blues 101, variant (second position).
It is one of most typical melodías blues, a little releases but simple, specially indicated to
improvise.

…2
3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 times

4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5

3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3

4 4 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 3

3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2