The Harmonica Club

of Huntington, WV     founded August 2001 

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Beginners Riffs     All you need is a C Harp

Good Morning Riff                   -1  2  -2
Hear the Good Morning Riff

The Up and Down Riff
also known as
Bues for the Hopeles              3 -3  4 -4 , -4  4 -3  3
                              
or   -2 -3  4 -4 , -4  4 -3 -2
Hear the Blues for the Hopeless

The Octave Jump      6 5 6  3 -3  3 2  3
                           or  6 5 6 -2 -3 -2 2 -2
Hear the Octave Jump

The Beginer Basic Blues Scale
 3 -3 4 -4 5 -5 6 ,  6 -5 5 -4 4 -3 3
or
-2 -3 4 -4 5 -5 6 ,  6 -5 5 -4 4 -3 -2
Hear the Beginer Basic Blues Scale

Bunny Hop Riff
-4 -4 4 3 -3 3 ,  -4 -4 4 3 -3 ,  -4 -4 4 3 -3 3 ,  3 3 3
Bunny Hop Riff basic

Bunny Hop Riff with Bend Ending
-4 -4 4 3 -3 3 ,  -4 -4 4 3 -3 ,  -4 -4 4 3 -3 3 ,  -2'' -2'' -2
Bunny Hop Riff with bend

MoJo Riff  no bends
-4 -5 -4 ,  6 -5 -4 4 -3 -2 ,  6 -5 -4 4 -3 -2
MoJo  Riff with no bend

Juke Riff ,classic penta-tonic scale from 1952 hit song
-2 -3 -4 5 6 6
Juke  Riff 
To Practice your RIFFS, you can click on these jams tracks.

Dust My Broom
Dust My Broom 6 minutes long version  
Dust My Broom 12 minutes long version

There are more JAM TRACKS on the Jam Tracks Page