Chords for Harmonica Lessons - #14 Shuffle Rhythm - Blues Harmonica Blueprint - Annie Raines
Tempo:
104.45 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
E
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
This is a rhythm part I learned when I was playing in the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra,
which was under the brilliant musical direction of Pierre Beauregard.
There are so many rhythm players in the group, sometimes 30 to 50,
at a gig that it was three years before I played my first solo.
But I did get the aerobic workout of a lifetime.
[Eb]
[C] [F] [Gm] [G]
[D] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [D] [Em] [D] [C] [D] [C]
[D] [G] [D]
[G] This time I'm playing the shuffle in a very straight-ahead way.
Instead of saying octa-hot-ta, I'm just breathing in twice, breathing out twice,
[C] [G] [C]
[G] and staying relaxed, because if you're playing this in the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra,
you're going to have to play it about 2,000 more times before the song is over.
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [N]
Big 1-2-3-4 draw and blow.
And then when you get to the four chord, we're going to change direction,
do the same thing, going from the blow to the draw.
We're going to move up a little bit.
2-3-4-5 blow and draw.
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
And back down, 1-2-3-4 draw.
[C] You can move up a little bit when you do this draw-to-blow pattern.
I usually play a 1-2-3-4 draw and a 2-3-4-5 blow and move back down for the [G] draw,
[C]
[G] because you hear the voice leading much more that way.
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
[C] [N] And now the five chord is a 1-4 draw to 2-5 blow, [D] double rhythm.
[E] [D]
[E] Slide down from the 2-5 [C] to the 1-4 blow to 1-4 draw.
[D] [C]
[D] [N] And that big draw-blow [G] pattern again for four beats.
[C] [G] [C]
[G] And a quick turnaround.
2-draw, bend it down a whole step, slide to the 1-draw.
[D]
This is a rhythm part I learned when I was playing in the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra,
which was under the brilliant musical direction of Pierre Beauregard.
There are so many rhythm players in the group, sometimes 30 to 50,
at a gig that it was three years before I played my first solo.
But I did get the aerobic workout of a lifetime.
[Eb]
[C] [F] [Gm] [G]
[D] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [D] [Em] [D] [C] [D] [C]
[D] [G] [D]
[G] This time I'm playing the shuffle in a very straight-ahead way.
Instead of saying octa-hot-ta, I'm just breathing in twice, breathing out twice,
[C] [G] [C]
[G] and staying relaxed, because if you're playing this in the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra,
you're going to have to play it about 2,000 more times before the song is over.
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [N]
Big 1-2-3-4 draw and blow.
And then when you get to the four chord, we're going to change direction,
do the same thing, going from the blow to the draw.
We're going to move up a little bit.
2-3-4-5 blow and draw.
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
And back down, 1-2-3-4 draw.
[C] You can move up a little bit when you do this draw-to-blow pattern.
I usually play a 1-2-3-4 draw and a 2-3-4-5 blow and move back down for the [G] draw,
[C]
[G] because you hear the voice leading much more that way.
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
[C] [N] And now the five chord is a 1-4 draw to 2-5 blow, [D] double rhythm.
[E] [D]
[E] Slide down from the 2-5 [C] to the 1-4 blow to 1-4 draw.
[D] [C]
[D] [N] And that big draw-blow [G] pattern again for four beats.
[C] [G] [C]
[G] And a quick turnaround.
2-draw, bend it down a whole step, slide to the 1-draw.
[D]
Key:
C
G
D
E
Eb
C
G
D
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ This is a rhythm part I learned when I was playing in the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra,
which was under the brilliant musical direction of Pierre Beauregard. _
There are so many rhythm players in the group, sometimes 30 to 50,
at a gig that it was three years before I played my first solo.
But I did get the aerobic workout of a lifetime.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _
[C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _
[G] _ [C] _ [D] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _ [C] _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ This time I'm playing the shuffle in a very straight-ahead way.
Instead of saying octa-hot-ta, I'm just breathing in twice, breathing out twice,
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [G] and staying relaxed, because if you're playing this in the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra,
you're going to have to play it about 2,000 more times before the song is over.
_ [C] _ [G] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [N]
Big 1-2-3-4 draw and blow.
And then when you get to the four chord, we're going to change direction,
do the same thing, going from the blow to the draw.
We're going to move up a little bit.
2-3-4-5 blow and draw.
[C] _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
And back down, 1-2-3-4 draw.
[C] _ _ You can move up a little bit when you do this draw-to-blow pattern.
I usually play a 1-2-3-4 draw and a 2-3-4-5 blow and move back down for the [G] draw,
[C] _
_ [G] _ because you hear the voice leading much more that way. _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ [N] And now the five chord is a 1-4 draw to 2-5 blow, [D] double rhythm.
_ [E] _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ Slide down from the 2-5 [C] to the 1-4 blow to 1-4 draw.
[D] _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ [N] And that big draw-blow [G] pattern again for four beats.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
[G] And a quick turnaround.
_ _ _ 2-draw, bend it down a whole step, slide to the 1-draw.
[D] _ _ _
_ This is a rhythm part I learned when I was playing in the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra,
which was under the brilliant musical direction of Pierre Beauregard. _
There are so many rhythm players in the group, sometimes 30 to 50,
at a gig that it was three years before I played my first solo.
But I did get the aerobic workout of a lifetime.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _
[C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _
[G] _ [C] _ [D] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _ [C] _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ This time I'm playing the shuffle in a very straight-ahead way.
Instead of saying octa-hot-ta, I'm just breathing in twice, breathing out twice,
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [G] and staying relaxed, because if you're playing this in the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra,
you're going to have to play it about 2,000 more times before the song is over.
_ [C] _ [G] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [N]
Big 1-2-3-4 draw and blow.
And then when you get to the four chord, we're going to change direction,
do the same thing, going from the blow to the draw.
We're going to move up a little bit.
2-3-4-5 blow and draw.
[C] _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
And back down, 1-2-3-4 draw.
[C] _ _ You can move up a little bit when you do this draw-to-blow pattern.
I usually play a 1-2-3-4 draw and a 2-3-4-5 blow and move back down for the [G] draw,
[C] _
_ [G] _ because you hear the voice leading much more that way. _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ [N] And now the five chord is a 1-4 draw to 2-5 blow, [D] double rhythm.
_ [E] _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ Slide down from the 2-5 [C] to the 1-4 blow to 1-4 draw.
[D] _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ [N] And that big draw-blow [G] pattern again for four beats.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
[G] And a quick turnaround.
_ _ _ 2-draw, bend it down a whole step, slide to the 1-draw.
[D] _ _ _