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Harmonica Gear:
All Lee Oskar harmonicas except for "Brown Eyed Girl" Hohner Marine Band Deluxe
Astatic JT-30 mic with vintage Japanese crystal element into 3W Black Heart into 4x4" cab.

Guitar Gear:
70's Custom Shop Strat
Pedals: Barber Trifecta Fuzz, Rockbox Boiling Point Overdrive, Strymon Compadre Compressor/Boost, Strymon Big Sky Reverb.
Amp: 1972 Marshall 20W PA Head into 1973 Marshall Cab with Celestion Greenbacks.

Both Amps recorded with Sennheiser e906 microphones into Apollo x8p interface.
Acoustic harmonica on "Brown Eyed Girl" Mic Parts V-251 Platinum Edition microphone.

#10 (I can't get no) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones.
A harmonica in 3rd position, key of Bm

This is the basic riff harmonica tabs: -4 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 5

Here are Satisfaction harmonica tabs exactly as I play it in the video.

-4 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 5
-4 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 5 5 -4
-4 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 5
-4 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 5 5 -4
-14 -14

#9 Wild Thing by the Troggs
D Harmonica, 2nd position, key of A
The basic riff is great practice for beginners to work with the syllables “Ta” and “Ka” and it goes like this:

Draw Draw TaKa Ta Ta Draw
-1234 -1234 2345 2345 2345 -1234

Draw Draw TaKa Ta Ta Ta
-14 -14 2345 2345 2345 2345

That is the main riff ☝️ that gets repeated throughout the song.
And here are the harmonica tabs for Wild Thing, exactly as I play it on the video:

Draw Draw TaKa Ta Ta Draw
-1234 -1234 2345 2345 2345 -1234

Draw Draw TaKa Ta Ta Ta
-14 -14 2345 2345 2345 2345

Draw Draw TaKa Ta Ta Draw
-1234 -1234 2345 2345 2345 2345 -1234

-14 -14 -14 -14 -2" -12 -2" -123

#8 Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
Here are the harmonica tabs for Brown-Eyed Girl exactly as a I play it on the video:

G Harmonica 45 -45 56 -45 45
C Harmonica 45 -45 56 -45 45
G Harmonica 45 -45 56 -45 45 -23 -23 34 -24

G Harmonica 45 -45 56 -45 45
C Harmonica 45 -45 56 -45 45
G Harmonica 45 -45 56 -45 45 -23 -23 34 -24

#7 Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker
A harmonica, 2nd position, Key of E

-4’ -4 6 -4’ 4 -3’ -2 -2” -2
-12 -3’ 14 -3’ -12
-2 -3’ 4 -3’ -2 -2” -2
-12 -3’ 14 -3’ -12

#6 Hoochie Coochie Man by Muddy Waters
D harmonica, 2nd position, key of A

Guitar Riff: -3’ 4 -4 -3’ 36

The original 1954 recording is played by Little Walter in 1st position in the key of A like this: -2” -2 -3’ -2 -3’ 14

Here are the harmonica tabs for Hoochie Coochie Man in 2nd position:
-1’ -1 -2” -1 “-2 -12


5 Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
I'm playing this on my Lee Oskar Natural Minor Gm harmonica:
Guitar Riff:
-12 -3 14 -12 -3 -4’ 14 -12 -3 14 -3 -2

Chorus Melody:
-5' -4 4 5 4
-2 -3 -2 -3 -2 -2" -2
-5' -4 4 5 4 (Back to guitar riff)

#4 Roadhouse Blues by the Doors
A harmonica, 2nd position, key of E
Guitar Riff Harmonica Tabs:
-2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 4 -4’ -4
-2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -5 6
But in this video, I’m playing what the harmonica is actually playing on the recording like this:
-2 -2 -23 34 -23 (2 times)
-2 -2 -23 34 -23 -2 -2
-23 4 -4 -4’ -3’ -2 (3 times)
-23 4 -4 -4’ -3’ -2 -3’ -3’ -2
-2 -2 -23 34 -23 (3x)
3 -2" -2 -3' 4 -4' -4 -4 -4' -3' -2 -3' -2 -2

#3 Sunshine of Your Love by Cream
C Harmonica, 3rd position, Key of D
Here are the harmonica tabs for Sunshine of Your Love:

(I Chord)
-4 -4 4 -4 -3" -3''' 3 -1 -2" -1
-4 -4 4 -4 -3" -3''' 3 6 -5 -4

(IV Chord)
6 6 -5 6 -4 -4’ 4 -2 -3' -2
6 6 -5 6 -4 -4’ 4 -2 -3' -2

(I Chord)
-4 -4 4 -4 -3" -3''' 3 -1 -2" -1
-14 -14 14 -14

#2 Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz
A harmonica in 2nd position, key of E.
Here are the harmonica tabs for "Are You Gonna Go My Way"

-4 -4’ -3’ -2 -1 -2” -2

Just repeat that 4 times, and you’re good to go! 🤘

#1 Black Dog by Led Zeppelin
G harmonica, 3rd Position, Key of A works GREAT for the riff.

Here are the harmonica tabs for Black Dog:
Riff #1 - (I Chord: A)
-3" 4 -4' -4 -3" -5 -4 6 -6 -5 6 -5 -4 -4 -5 -4 4 -4 -4 3 -3" -2" -2 -1 -1
(Repeat one time after each vocal)

Riff #2 - (V Chord: E)
2 3 -3'''-3" 2 4 -3" 2 3 -3''' -3" 2 4 -3" 2 3 -3'''-3" 2 4 -3" 2 3 -3''' -3" 3
(Straight into Riff #1 without stopping)

Riff #1 - (I Chord: A)
-3" 4 -4' -4 -3" -5 -4 6 -6 -5 6 -5 -4 -4 -5 -4 4 -4 -4 3 -3" -2" -2 -1

Vocal Melody:
-14 -3' -3 -14 -3' -3 -6' -6 6 -5 -4