Chords for Different Types of Harmonicas | Harmonica 101
Tempo:
103.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] Hi, my name is Marcus Milius.
I play harmonica.
[G] I got a degree at the University of Southern California,
a Bachelor's of Music in Jazz Studies, Chromatic Harmonica.
I play and teach harmonica here in New York City, and [C] I'm happy to show you [G] what I do.
[B] [C]
One thing that's very [G] confusing about harmonica [D] is that there are [G] so many different kinds.
Oftentimes, this is just the difference in names [B] in [C] models or brands.
For instance, the Blues [G] Harp, the [D] Marine Band, the Special [G] 20, the Golden Melody,
which are all diatonic [F] harmonicas by the Hohner Company, and they're [Am] really all very similar.
But main [Em] differences in harmonicas [Bm] will be [Am] primarily the diatonic and the chromatic [G]
harmonica.
[D] There are many others as well [C] as [G]
bass harmonica, chord harmonica, [B] [C]
echo harmonica, or tremolo harmonica.
[G] [D] And they all have different sounds, but [G] primarily it divides into [B] diatonic and chromatic [C] harmonica.
Chromatic harmonica looks like this.
[G] It [D] plays in all keys [G] and sounds a bit like the artists
[F] Stevie Wonder or Toots Teelman.
[Am] [E]
[Bm] [D] [Am]
[Cm] [D] [C]
[G]
[B] [C] Diatonic harmonicas will be [G] set up in one key, [D] and you'll [G] need 12 of them to play in every key.
And they tend to have a bluesier, folkier [C] sound
[G] or a [D] bluesy sound.
[Gm] And [F]
you'll notice that they bend very [Am] nicely,
[Em] [Bm] and they have really nice double [Am] stops or [G] chord.
But [Am] [G] [D]
the other harmonicas [C] that are out there [G] would be the bass [A] harmonica,
[C]
[E] [G] [A] [E] [G]
[A] [G]
[B] [C] chord harmonicas, which are really big.
[G] There are also [D] [G] diatonic harmonicas that are tuned to minor [F] or other scales.
There are [Am] diatonic harmonicas that have [Em] a very [Bm]
[Am] organ-like sound.
They're called echo harps or [G] tremolo harps.
[D] So [C] that takes a lot of [G] investigating to know the difference, but [B] usually most people are going to [C] be playing.
The majority of recordings that you will hear [G] will be chromatic harmonica [D] and diatonic [G] harmonica,
and they're pretty easy to hear the [C] difference between them.
I play harmonica.
[G] I got a degree at the University of Southern California,
a Bachelor's of Music in Jazz Studies, Chromatic Harmonica.
I play and teach harmonica here in New York City, and [C] I'm happy to show you [G] what I do.
[B] [C]
One thing that's very [G] confusing about harmonica [D] is that there are [G] so many different kinds.
Oftentimes, this is just the difference in names [B] in [C] models or brands.
For instance, the Blues [G] Harp, the [D] Marine Band, the Special [G] 20, the Golden Melody,
which are all diatonic [F] harmonicas by the Hohner Company, and they're [Am] really all very similar.
But main [Em] differences in harmonicas [Bm] will be [Am] primarily the diatonic and the chromatic [G]
harmonica.
[D] There are many others as well [C] as [G]
bass harmonica, chord harmonica, [B] [C]
echo harmonica, or tremolo harmonica.
[G] [D] And they all have different sounds, but [G] primarily it divides into [B] diatonic and chromatic [C] harmonica.
Chromatic harmonica looks like this.
[G] It [D] plays in all keys [G] and sounds a bit like the artists
[F] Stevie Wonder or Toots Teelman.
[Am] [E]
[Bm] [D] [Am]
[Cm] [D] [C]
[G]
[B] [C] Diatonic harmonicas will be [G] set up in one key, [D] and you'll [G] need 12 of them to play in every key.
And they tend to have a bluesier, folkier [C] sound
[G] or a [D] bluesy sound.
[Gm] And [F]
you'll notice that they bend very [Am] nicely,
[Em] [Bm] and they have really nice double [Am] stops or [G] chord.
But [Am] [G] [D]
the other harmonicas [C] that are out there [G] would be the bass [A] harmonica,
[C]
[E] [G] [A] [E] [G]
[A] [G]
[B] [C] chord harmonicas, which are really big.
[G] There are also [D] [G] diatonic harmonicas that are tuned to minor [F] or other scales.
There are [Am] diatonic harmonicas that have [Em] a very [Bm]
[Am] organ-like sound.
They're called echo harps or [G] tremolo harps.
[D] So [C] that takes a lot of [G] investigating to know the difference, but [B] usually most people are going to [C] be playing.
The majority of recordings that you will hear [G] will be chromatic harmonica [D] and diatonic [G] harmonica,
and they're pretty easy to hear the [C] difference between them.
Key:
G
C
D
Am
B
G
C
D
[C] _ _ _ Hi, my name is Marcus Milius.
I play harmonica.
[G] I got a degree at the University of Southern California,
a Bachelor's of Music in Jazz Studies, Chromatic Harmonica.
I play and teach harmonica here in New York City, and [C] I'm happy to show you [G] what I do.
_ _ [B] _ [C] _ _
One thing that's very [G] confusing about harmonica [D] is that there are [G] so many different kinds.
Oftentimes, this is just the difference in names [B] in [C] models or brands.
For instance, the Blues [G] Harp, the [D] Marine Band, the Special [G] 20, the Golden Melody,
which are all diatonic [F] harmonicas by the Hohner Company, and they're [Am] really all very similar.
But main [Em] differences in harmonicas [Bm] will be [Am] primarily the diatonic and the chromatic [G]
harmonica.
[D] There are many others as well [C] as _ [G]
bass harmonica, chord harmonica, _ [B] _ [C]
echo harmonica, or tremolo harmonica.
[G] _ [D] And they all have different sounds, but [G] primarily _ _ it divides into [B] diatonic and chromatic [C] harmonica.
Chromatic harmonica looks like this.
[G] It [D] plays in all keys [G] and sounds a bit like the artists
[F] Stevie Wonder or Toots Teelman.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] Diatonic harmonicas will be [G] set up in one key, [D] and you'll [G] need 12 of them to play in every key.
And they tend to have a bluesier, folkier [C] sound _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ or a [D] bluesy sound.
[Gm] _ And _ _ _ [F] _
you'll notice that they bend very [Am] nicely, _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [Bm] and they have really nice double [Am] stops or [G] chord.
But [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D]
the other harmonicas [C] that are out there [G] would be the bass [A] harmonica,
[C] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [G] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] chord harmonicas, which are really big.
[G] There are also _ [D] _ [G] diatonic harmonicas that are tuned to minor [F] or other scales.
There are [Am] diatonic harmonicas that have _ [Em] a very [Bm] _
_ [Am] organ-like sound.
They're called echo harps or [G] tremolo harps.
_ [D] So [C] that takes a lot of [G] investigating to know the difference, but [B] usually most people are going to [C] be playing.
The majority of recordings that you will hear [G] will be chromatic harmonica [D] and diatonic [G] harmonica,
and they're pretty easy to hear the [C] difference between them. _
I play harmonica.
[G] I got a degree at the University of Southern California,
a Bachelor's of Music in Jazz Studies, Chromatic Harmonica.
I play and teach harmonica here in New York City, and [C] I'm happy to show you [G] what I do.
_ _ [B] _ [C] _ _
One thing that's very [G] confusing about harmonica [D] is that there are [G] so many different kinds.
Oftentimes, this is just the difference in names [B] in [C] models or brands.
For instance, the Blues [G] Harp, the [D] Marine Band, the Special [G] 20, the Golden Melody,
which are all diatonic [F] harmonicas by the Hohner Company, and they're [Am] really all very similar.
But main [Em] differences in harmonicas [Bm] will be [Am] primarily the diatonic and the chromatic [G]
harmonica.
[D] There are many others as well [C] as _ [G]
bass harmonica, chord harmonica, _ [B] _ [C]
echo harmonica, or tremolo harmonica.
[G] _ [D] And they all have different sounds, but [G] primarily _ _ it divides into [B] diatonic and chromatic [C] harmonica.
Chromatic harmonica looks like this.
[G] It [D] plays in all keys [G] and sounds a bit like the artists
[F] Stevie Wonder or Toots Teelman.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] Diatonic harmonicas will be [G] set up in one key, [D] and you'll [G] need 12 of them to play in every key.
And they tend to have a bluesier, folkier [C] sound _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ or a [D] bluesy sound.
[Gm] _ And _ _ _ [F] _
you'll notice that they bend very [Am] nicely, _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [Bm] and they have really nice double [Am] stops or [G] chord.
But [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D]
the other harmonicas [C] that are out there [G] would be the bass [A] harmonica,
[C] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [G] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] chord harmonicas, which are really big.
[G] There are also _ [D] _ [G] diatonic harmonicas that are tuned to minor [F] or other scales.
There are [Am] diatonic harmonicas that have _ [Em] a very [Bm] _
_ [Am] organ-like sound.
They're called echo harps or [G] tremolo harps.
_ [D] So [C] that takes a lot of [G] investigating to know the difference, but [B] usually most people are going to [C] be playing.
The majority of recordings that you will hear [G] will be chromatic harmonica [D] and diatonic [G] harmonica,
and they're pretty easy to hear the [C] difference between them. _