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Recorded Examples Study Song "My Blues" (Bending Study 4) to the provided jam track Improvising Study 1 - Assignment 3: Song Writing Use a jam track of your choosing to write and record to. Gather licks from study songs (mining “Temperature,” “Gary’s Blues” and “Take it Easy Now” for licks to use with the “Temperature” jam track is a good example) and/or makeup licks of your own to write an original instrumental. You’ll need as many licks as there are choruses in the jam track, minus one due to the fact that you’ll repeat the first chorus for the last chorus as well. Take each lick and experiment with the Chorus Form options. When you’re done you’ll have an instrumental where each Chorus Form is represented. Below is an example of what you might come up with.

Chorus 1 – “A” Lick played in the AAA Chorus Form Chorus 2 – New “A” Lick played in the Af Af At Chorus Form Chorus 3 – New “A” Lick played in the AAB Chorus Form Chorus 4 – New “A” Lick played in the Af Af B Chorus Form Chorus 5 – New “A” Lick played in the A B/A C Chorus Form Chorus 6 – Repeat your first chorus Solo Harmonica Study 3 Examples 2.1, 2.2 or 2.6 with a Metronome (you choose the tempo) Movement Exercises – Scales G Major Pentatonic (play ascending and descending)

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Accompaniment Playing Study 5

Use a jam track of your choosing and play one chorus per hole of the harmonica, for all ten holes. Use Accompaniment Playing Study 5, Example 2.3 (below), as reference. Present each note in whichever rhythm you feels matches the track you’re playing to best.

Ex. 2.3 –Hole Changes = Staying on one hole and hitting all the chord changes • Play Hole #1 in the 12 Bar Blues • Play Hole #2 in the 12 Bar Blues • Play Hole #3 in the 12 Bar Blues • Play Hole #4 in the 12 Bar Blues • Play Hole #5 in the 12 Bar Blues • Play Hole #6 in the 12 Bar Blues • Play Hole #7 in the 12 Bar Blues • Play Hole #8 in the 12 Bar Blues • Play Hole #9 in the 12 Bar Blues • Play Hole #10 in the 12 Bar Blues (note that 10’+ B is an option for I7 (G7), but it’s difficult to play and

honestly doesn’t sound good in this context, so let’s leave it out and play hole 9 in replacement). Jam: “I Want You With Me [Shuffle in E]”

♭Hole =♭ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I7♭(G7) D F G G B D F G B D F G - IV7♭(C7) C E G G B♭ C E G C E G B♭ C V7♭(D7) C D F♯ A C D - A C D F♯ A C

Written Examples

Print out and complete the following material with pen or dark pencil. Once you’ve completed this, scan or take a picture of these pages and send it to us via the attachment option below. If you would like to mail it to us, you can do so to David Barrett, C/O LOA, PO Box 1723 Morgan Hill, CA 95038. Music Theory Study 2

Ex. 1.4 – Exercise: Fill in the chart below with pitches for the C Major Diatonic Harmonica with bends.

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Ex. 1.6 – Exercise: Fill in the chart below with Scale Degrees based on the C Major Scale in place of

pitch names including bends.

Ex. 2.5 – Exercise: Fill in the chart below with Scale Degrees based on the G Mixolydian Scale in place

of pitch names.

Ex. 3.5 – Exercise: Fill in the chart below with Scale Degrees based on the D Dorian Scale in place

of pitch names.

Ex. 5.8 – Exercise: Create your own harmonica position quick chart below.

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Harp 1st Position Key 2nd Position Key 3rd Position Key C C G D

G

D

A

E

B

F♯ (G♭) F♯ C♯ G♯

D♭(C♯)

A♭

B♭

F

 Ex. 6.1 – Exercise: Let’s use the notes of the C Harmonica for all of our questions below.

1) The C Harmonica plays in the key of ___ in 1st Position. It uses the ___ ____________ scale. The

notes of this scale are: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. In scale degrees it is ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___. The home base in this position is the pitch ___ and is found on holes ___ ___

___ and ___. If I have an F Harmonica in my hand, the scale __________ and hole __________

stay the same, but the __________ change.

2) The C Harmonica plays in the key of ___ in 2nd Position. It uses the ___ ____________ scale. The

notes of this scale are: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. In scale degrees it is ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ____ ___. The home base in this position is the pitch ___ and is found on holes ___ ___

___ and ___. If I have an F Harmonica in my hand, the scale __________ and hole __________

stay the same, but the __________ change.

3) The C Harmonica plays in the key of ___ in 3rd Position. It uses the ___ ____________ scale. The

notes of this scale are: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. In scale degrees it is ___ ___ ____ ___

___ ___ ____ ___. The home base in this position is the pitch ___ and is found on holes ___ ___

and ___. If I have an F Harmonica in my hand, the scale __________ and hole __________ stay

the same, but the __________ change.

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Ex. 6.2 – Exercise: Fill in the Note Names and Scale Degrees for the following melody in the Key of F

Ex. 6.3 – Exercise: Transpose Example 6.2 so that you can play your C Harmonica in 2nd Position. Write (in this order) the Scale Degrees, Note Names and TAB for two octaves of the harmonica.

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