![]() ![]() And the beauty is these two scales are the most commonly used by harp players ! It’s also funny to mix both scales as you wish. Of course, you’ll get different sounds according to the scale you choose to play. Interesting thing about this tune : you can play it either on Dm pentatonic or Gm pentatonic. Second alternate option : D minor pentatonic So here is the ready made solution, in this key : the 6° is your savior ! And if you add the 7°, you’ve the complete toolkit ! Harp players are often reluctant to play high notes because they don’t feel comfortable in making this link from the medium range. Here, the 6° is particularly important : this is the note that will make the link between medium and low ranges on your harmonica. You can add the fifth flat, so D flat (holes -1′-1’, -4’, 7° et 10° for you, freaks) from time to time, to give a blues flavor to your playing (or if you just think it should sound well according to the chord). G minor pentatonic scale on a C harmonica : If you play the G minor pentatonic scale all along the tune, no doubt you’ll cope with it.Ĭaution : the last line is tougher, so listen carefully, keep it simple stupid and it’ll work. Underline the added notes from one option to the other.įirst option: the simpler way : G minor pentatonic scale My first advice : go slowly, work one option at a time, play around, try to mentally integrate it before moving forward.Īnd try to see the change when you move to the other track. ![]() We’re going to work on some of these paths, focusing on the first 16 bars. Of course, the more paths you know, the greater your chorus will sound. My goal here is not to go through a comprehensive explanation, I’ll only try to give you some tips to undestand how it works.Īs any Jazz standard, Sweet Georgia Brown allows many different paths, from the simpler to the very complicated one. This is quite usual, Blues and Jazz musicians often use series of 4, 8, 16, 32 bars to compose their tunes. The tune has two parts (here, for example, in this version by the great Ella Fitzgerald), the first one on the 16 first bars, then it seems to repeat on the following 8 bars, and eventually there is a change on the 8 last bars. NB : tabs below to be played on a C lydian tuned harmonica.Īs you can see, this piece features 32 bars. If you want to play the piece in another key, up to you to choose the harmonica you need according to this key (cf footnotes). I’ve chosen the key of G, with a C harmonica. Let’s go through quite a simple chord grid although not basic: Sweet Georgia Brown.Īccording to Real Book (a kind of Bible gathering Jazz standards scores), this piece should be played in the key of D, but actually you’ll find many versions of this tune in many other keys. Prerequisite : being able to bend and count on fingers. Improvising on Sweet Georgia Brown chord grid ![]()
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