Bluesette (in C)

by Toots Thielemans · tab for chromatic harmonica

No bends125 notesHoles 3–9Chromatic

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The tab

4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend< = slide in

-5* -6 7 7* -7* 8 -9 9 -8 -7 -5 (hold) :||

9 -9 9 -8 -7 -5(long)

-7 7 -7 -6 6 6* 7 7* -7* 8 -9 (long)

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This is my first tab and I hope you'll enjoy it, like you can see I've devided
bluesette in 3 parts, the first part is the general known, the second is a part
that is general accepted as part of bluesette and the third I made by listening
very carefully to the original bluesette (with a bit of own inspiration), it is a
song made to improvise, so go ahead!
Bonnie Raitt a Queen of Blues, Rock...

 

||:    -5  6  -6*  7  -7   -8 8      6  -5*
-8    -5  5*               -7     5 -4
7       -4   5   -5  -5* -6   7
-9*  -9   8  -6          -9  9  -7* -6          8*  8  -7*
-5*  -6  7  7*  -7*   8  -9       9       -8         -7         -5 (hold)       :||

7  -7  -8  -9          8     -8    -7     7         -6*
6 -6*  7  -8         -7     7      -6    6         -5
7      -4    5      -4 5 -5  -5*      -6  7    -7* -7
-7*       8     -6
-3    -3*     4 5*-5*  -6
8*   8        -7*
-5*-5* -6  -6  7 7 7* 7* -7*-7*  8  8  -9
9 -9 9   -8        -7     -5(long)

-9 -9 -9 -9 9 -8         9 9 9 9 -8 -7
-8 -8 -8 -8 -7 7        -7 -7 -7 -7  7 -6*
5 6 -6* 7 -7 -8 8 -8 8 -7           -8 -7 -8  7
-7 7 -7  -6         6   6*   7  7*  -7*  8 -9 (long)
-5 6 -6*  (start rit + tremelo) 7 -7 -8 8    6    -5*    2    3