"Sweet 16" Harp Tab

This is an execise in Javascript. This page is generated dynamically through JavaScript to show the tab for Sweet 16. I found the guitar tab version of B.B. King's version and I now have a Java program that will convert guitar tab to harp tab (although it does nothing for chords).

I haven't made up the tab graphics for overblows and the blow bends, so if you see a sweet image, you can right click on it for clue as to what it's supposed to be.

I some cases (like first position low octave) the notes go off the harp so I add or subtract an octave to keep the notes on the harp.

This is good for learning new positions and places on the harp.

By clicking on the options here you can see how the tab looks in a other positions and places on the harp.
Cross Harp
Second Position - low octave (the default)  
Second Position - Middle Range  
Second Position - High Range
Straight Harp
First Position - low octave  
First Position - Middle Range
First Position - High Range
Slant Harp
  Third Position - low octave
Third Position - Middle Range
Third Position - High Range

I am looking for other songs to run through this java script and I hope to get another few done soon. Email me with the URL if you find a good song in Guitar Tab that would convert well to Harp Tab.

 

 

 

 

 

Blues Harp Songs and Riffs

The following are the basic riffs that you'll need to play blues harp. My goal here is to give you a basic understanding of what is going on in blues and what you can play at different points in the 12 bar blues cycle.

12 bar blues harp theory
 Beginner's Practice Riffs
Faking Blues Riffs
Blues Harp Scale
Triplets
Help Me lick
Hoochie-Coochie Man and Mannish Boy Riffs
Peter Gunn Bass Line

Here are some simple harp tabs for songs. They are mostly not blues, but they are "Bluesey" with plenty of bends to practice.

Stormy Weather
Amazing Grace
Black Rat Blues Harp
Don't Get Around Much Any More

I've spent some time and tabbed out some blues riffs and phrases using a little javascript engine that I designed. This will allow you to play riffs in first, second and third positions. This is great for learning to really play blues harp.

B.B. King Sweet 16
Little Walter's Juke
Little Walter's Off the Wall
Born Under a Bad Sign
Cream - Sunshine of You Love

I spent a lot of time working out almost all of Help me by Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller).