12 Slow Blues Riffs
by Sonny Terry · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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12 Slow Blues Riffs
#=Tounge block
b=Short Bend
bb=Long Bend
1: -2 -3b +4 -4b +6#3 -4b -3 -2
2: -2 -3b +4 -4b +6#3 -4bb -3 -2 -2b
3: -2 -3b +4 -4bb +6#3
-4b -5 +6 -5 +4 -3 -4b -3 -2
4: -2 -3b +4 -4bb +6#3 -4 -5 +6 -6 +6 -5
-4b -5 -4 -3 -2 -2 -321
5: -2 -3b +4 -4bb +6#3 -4b -3 -4b
-3 -4b -3 -4b -4bb -3 -2
6: -4 -4b +4 -3bb -2 -2 -2b -1
-4 -4b +4 -3bb -2 -2 -2b -1
7: -2 -3b +4 -4b -4b -4b -4b -4b +6#3
-4b -4b -4b -4b -4bb -3 -2 -3 -2 -321
8: -2 -3b -4 +4 +5 +6 +6 -4b -4b -4b
-2 -3b -4 +4 +5 +6 +6 -4b -4b -4b
9: -2 -2 -2b -2b -2bb -1 -1bb -3b -2 -1
-3b -2 -1 -3b -2 -1 +1 -1 -2 hold
10: -4b -4b -4b -5#2 -4#1 -5#2 -5#2 -4#1
+5#2 -4#1 +4#1 +6#3 -5 +5 -4 -3b -2
11:-2 -3b -4 +3 -3b -4 +3 -3b -4 +3 -2
-321 -321 -321 (repeat)
12:-2 -3 +4 -4bb +6#3 -4b -3 -2 -321 -321 -321b -2 -2
-3b +4 +6#3 -4b -4bb -3 -2 -2bb +6#3 -321 -321 +6#3