Triplet Rhythms
This next song uses some beats that are broken into three parts instead of two, for the "mer-ri-ly’s". This can be refered to as "triplet" timing. Practice triplet timing by saying "One and a Two and a Three and a Four" while tapping once for each number.
Fiddle Style or Bluegrass Harmonica
The American genre known as fiddle songs or Bluegrass features tunes that are usually of British-American extraction. They tend to be fast, with lots of notes. The following is one of the best-known fiddle songs.
You can begin to practice this famous jig by playing it with one beat per note, but it will sound best when played with a triplet beat.
Supplementary Songbook: Part Four
- You are now ready to begin to play the songs in Part Four of the Progressive Harmonica Supplementary Songbook.
Class Sessions
1- About Improvisation
2- Playing With Others
3- Playing The Dorian Scale
4- Playing The Minor Scale
5- Triplet Rhythms
6- More Train Time
7- Some Holiday Hits
8- About Classical Music
9- More Songs That Use Partial Beats
10- Rhythm Variations On The Doublet Pattern
11- More Rhythm: Breaking Beats Into Parts
12- The Cross Town Twelve Bar Blues
13- SECTION TWO
14- INTRODUCTION
15- More Songs
16- About The Alternate Major Scales
17- More Simple Songs With One Note Per Beat
18- About the Major Scale
19- Playing Songs And Rhythms From Notation
20- About Written Notation Systems for the Harmonica
21- About Single Notes: Read, But Don’t Worry
22- Harmonica Chords
23- Playing to the Basic Beat
24- Holding the Harmonica
25- Which Harmonica To Use With This Book
26- About The Supplementary Songbook