4 -4 5 -6 6 5 -4 5 -6 Save me, O God, through Your Name. -6 -7 7 7 -7 -6 6 -6 Vindicate me through Your might. 4 -4 5 -6 6 5 -4 5 -6 Strangers are attacking me. -6 -7 7 7 -7 -6 6 -6 Ruthless men now seek my […]






Sunday Morning (Velvet Underground)
(&n/n | ||: :|| , ,, _ __ ____ ,. ,,. _. r= rhythms, key below)* &4/4 ||: -3,-4, -7_. 5,-4,-3, | 4,5,7_. 6,5,4, :|| (xylophone part) |-3__.-1_ | 2,3__.r, |-3__. -1_ | 2, 3__. r, | Sun-day morning, praise the dawning | -3, -3_. -3, 4_ -3, | -3”_ 3_ -3”__ | _-3” 2, […]






Tin Man’s Down Under Blues
-2b,-2b-2b,-2b, 4,4,4,4, -2b,-2b-2b,-2b, -2b,-2b-2b,-2b, 4,4,4,4, 4,4,4,4, -2b,-2b-2b,-2b, -2b,-2b-2b,-2b, -4b,-4b,-4b,-4b, 4,4,4,4, -2b,-2b-2b,-2b, -4b,-4b,-4b,-4b, Start below the draw pitch and attack the sound!






This Song For You
6 6 -6 6 6 6 6 -66 6 6 -5 5 -5 6 -4 Hello darling, this is the army, I’ve just got the time to write. 5-5 -5 -5 6 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 -4 4 5 5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 Today we attack, there’s no turning back, the boys, […]






There’s No Business Like Show Business
By: Irving Berlin From: “Annie Get Your Gun” Key: C 7 8 5 5 5 7 5 5 There’s no bus-‘ness like show bus-‘ness 5 7 5 5 5 6 Like no bus-‘ness I know -4 5 -5 6 -6 7 -7 -8 8 8 Ev-‘ry-thing a-bout it is ap-peal-ing -4 5 -5 6 -6 […]






Uprising (diatonic)
(Intro)8—– 7 5 -5—- (6-5)5—- 8 –7 -6’ -9— (9-9)8—– 8 7 -6 5 -6 7 8 -6 -9—- (9-9)8— 8 -7 -6’ 5 -6’ -7 -8 5 -8—- (7-7)7– -6– -6—- -6 6 -6-6-6 -6 7 Paranoia is in bloom, -6 -8-8 -8 -8 -8 8 8 8 The PR, transmissions will resume -8 […]






Oh, That I Had the Wings of a Dove (tremolo)
This is tabbed for a 24 hole Echo Celeste tremolo OH, THAT I HAD THE WINGS OF A DOVE (PSALM 55) 7 7 7 7 -6 6 -5 -5 6 -6 Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, 6 -5 5 -5 6 5 -5 6 I would fly away, fly away. 7 […]






Oh, That I Had the Wings of a Dove
OH, THAT I HAD THE WINGS OF A DOVE (PSALM 55) 6 6 6 6 -5 5 -4 -4 5 -5 Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, 5 -4 4 -4 5 4 -4 5 I would fly away, fly away. 6 6 6 6 -5 5 -4 -4 5 -5 Oh, […]






No Matter What
Words: Jim Steinman Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber 7 -8 8 -8 7 5 6 No Matter what they tell us 7 -8 8 -8 7 -5 No matter what they do -8 8 -9 8 -8 -6 -7 No matter what they teach us -7 7 -8 7 -7 7 What we believe is true […]






Night of Anguish (Les Miserables)
8 8 8 8 8 8 She is the first to fall 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 The first of us to fall upon this barricade 8 8 8 8 8 8 Her name was Eponine 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 […]







Javert’s Arrival (Les Miserables)
-9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 You at the barricade, listen to this -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 No one is coming to help you to fight -9 -9 -9 11 <-9 <-9 -9 <-9 You’re on your own, you have no friends 9 -10 9 […]







Fantine’s Arrest (Les Miserables)
6 <-7 6 <7 6 <-7 6 <7 7 -6 6 Here’s something new, I think I’ll give it a try 6 <-7 6 <7 6 <-7 6 <7 7 -6 6 Come closer you, I like to see what I buy 7 -9 7 <8 7 <8 7 <8 8 <-7 -7 The usual […]







Desolation Row
-8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 6 They’re selling postcards of the hanging 9 9 9 9 9 8 -8 They’re painting the passports brown -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 6 The beauty parlor is filled with sailors 6 6 6 6 5 -4 The circus is in town […]







Castles Made Of Sand
-7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 Down the street you can hear her scream “you’re -6 -6 -6 a disgrace” -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 As she slams the door in his drunken face, -6 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 -6 And […]







Ballad Of A Thin Man
8 8 8 8 8 9 8 You walk into the room 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 With your pencil in your hand 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 You see somebody naked 8 8 8 9 8 9 8 And you say, “Who is that man ?” 8 8 8 […]







A Whiter Shade Of Pale
6 8 -8 8 -8 -8 7 -6 6 We skipped the light fandango—– 7 -8 -8 7 -6 7 -6 turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor -7 -6 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 6 I was feeling kinda seasick 6 8 -8 7 7 -6 8 the crowd called out for more 7 -8 7 […]






The Diatonic Harp Reference: How a Harmonica Works
A harmonica consists of two reed plates, the top one for blow reeds and the bottom one for draw reeds, which are attached to a comb and shielded with top and bottom covers. Each reed plate has different length slots over which reeds of corresponding length are fixed at one end. An air stream passes […]







The Diatonic Harp Reference: Getting Good Tone
Tone is a frequent topic among harp players, but it is not a simple concept that is well defined. Tone is the Holy Grail of harmonica. It is related to the musical timbre of the instrument, but most often encompasses other playing elements as well. Tone is about Notes That sound: good. Notes That sound: Clean and full and […]






The Harp Reference: Overblows
Overbends: Overblows and Overdraws A so-called overbend is a type of bend where the pitch that results is higher in pitch than the natural note of either reed in the hole, rather than lowering the pitch as with ordinary bends. This is because the overbend technique actually causes the normally-sounding reed to choke while you’re playing so it doesn’t […]






The Diatonic Harp Reference: Speed
SpeeD Speed, in music, means playing fast in a musical context. Not just playing fast. Playing in a musical context means staying coherent with the rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic content of the piece. If you play fast but ignore the musical elements, then you are just playing fast, but not using speed. Speed implies control. A child can pick up the […]






Diatonic Harmonica Techniques
Tab is short for tablature and is the term you’ll usually see. Tab is a shortcut notation that indicates how to play which hole on the harmonica. This is different from standard musical notation, which indicates what note to play, including its relative duration. The difference is between how to play a hole and what note to play. How to play a note on the harmonica is specified by […]







Draw Bends
Bend it! There is no doubt that learning to draw bend marks the transition from beginner to intermediate harmonica playing. When we find our first bend, it feels like we’ve just won the lottery. After hours of perseverance, we’re punching the air and yelling ‘woohoo’ like Homer Simpson. We want to tell all our friends. We want to […]







Wah-wah
Wah-wah This starts by cupping the harp, which is when we use both hands to create an airtight chamber around the harp. It actually amplifies the sound and gives it a warmer tone. In terms of physics, we are harnessing waveforms and using them to our advantage. The image (left) illustrates the cupped hand hold […]






Warm-ups and Workout
Ready to rumble? Ever wondered how to warm up those harp muscles, learn breath control, hone your tone and perfect your chops? Look no further. This is a short guide to how we begin sessions at the Harp Surgery. The aim is to blow out the ‘cobwebs’, focus the mind and get the engine ticking […]
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- 1. Surely My God is With Me
- 2. Sunday Morning (Velvet Underground)
- 3. Tin Man’s Down Under Blues
- 4. This Song For You
- 5. There’s No Business Like Show Business
- 6. Uprising (diatonic)
- 7. Oh, That I Had the Wings of a Dove (tremolo)
- 8. Oh, That I Had the Wings of a Dove
- 9. No Matter What
- 10. Night of Anguish (Les Miserables)
- 11. Javert’s Arrival (Les Miserables)
- 12. Fantine’s Arrest (Les Miserables)
- 13. Desolation Row
- 14. Castles Made Of Sand
- 15. Ballad Of A Thin Man
- 16. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
- 17. The Diatonic Harp Reference: How a Harmonica Works
- 18. The Diatonic Harp Reference: Getting Good Tone
- 19. The Harp Reference: Overblows
- 20. The Diatonic Harp Reference: Speed
- 21. Diatonic Harmonica Techniques
- 22. Draw Bends
- 23. Wah-wah
- 24. Warm-ups and Workout