More Blues Riffs
Here is a fine bending exercise that has a good sound as well.
This is the same as Riff 7, but performed on the 4i.
If you cannot bend yet, this Riff may be played by substituting a 6e for the bent note.
You may substitute an extra 6i for the bent note, if necessary.
Riff 11 adds a new note to the rhythm of Riff 7. It can be altered by changing the last note to a 1i, to form a useful turnaround.
Once you have learned this riff, you may wish to experiment with the timing, to create your own riffs from these two cross Blues Scale notes.
Although this riff uses only notes from the cross Blues Scale, its emphasis on the note 4e makes it function as a first position blues riff also. Because (when played on a C harmonica) it features so many C notes, it will work very well in the C chord parts of a cross harmonica twelve bar in G.
This riff adds a note to Riff 8. It can also be used as a fine turnaround if a 1i is substituted for the last 2i. The second version uses 45i in place of 4i.
This two bar riff demonstrates how the Blues Scale can be played in a downward direction, from the 6e to the 2i, and then connected to the lower octave Blues Scale.
This riff, similar to the one above but ending on a D note, makes an excellent last two bars of a twelve bar blues structure, including a classic turnaround.
This riff simply adds the 2i note to Riff 13. It too will be effective when played in the C chord parts of a cross harmonica twelve bar in G, or as part of a first position blues similar to that of First Position Blues Verse 13, below.
Progressive Blues Harmonica Licks: Volume Two, Part Six
- For additional licks use Part Six of Progressive Blues Harmonica Licks Volume Two. Some of these will be easy, and some quite challenging.
