Bluesette (in C)

by Toots Thielemans · posted by JohnApocaLyps

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

This is my first tab and I hope you'll enjoy it, like you can see I've devided
bluesette in 3 parts, the first part is the general known, the second is a part
that is general accepted as part of bluesette and the third I made by listening
very carefully to the original bluesette (with a bit of own inspiration), it is a
song made to improvise, so go ahead!

||:    -5 6 -6* 7 -7   -8 8      6 -5*
-8    -5 5*               -7    5 -4
7       -4   5   -5 -5* -6   7
-9* -9   8 -6          -9 9 -7* -6          8* 8 -7*
-5* -6 7 7* -7*   8 -9       9       -8         -7         -5 (hold) :||

7 -7 -8 -9         8     -8    -7    7         -6*
6 -6* 7 -8         -7     7      -6   6         -5
7      -4    5      -4 5 -5 -5*     -6 7    -7* -7
-7*       8     -6
-3    -3*    4 5*-5* -6
8* 8        -7*
-5*-5* -6 -6 7 7 7* 7* -7*-7* 8 8 -9
9 -9 9 -8       -7     -5(long)

-9 -9 -9 -9 9 -8 9 9 9 9 -8 -7
-8 -8 -8 -8 -7 7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 -6*
5 6 -6* 7 -7 -8 8 -8 8 -7 -8 -7 -8 7
-7 7 -7 -6 6 6* 7 7* -7* 8 -9 (long)
-5 6 -6* (start rit + tremelo) 7 -7 -8 8 6 -5* 2 3

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound