Rhapsody In Blue (Excerpts)

by George Gershwin · posted by Billy_Idle

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+: 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)

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Tab

Rhapsody In Blue (Excerpts) / George Gershwin

Excerpts for you to join together in your own arrangement



Here's how it's done on chromatic harmonica by Larry Adler!



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Yakety Sax (Boots Randolph)         Baby Elephant Walk (Henry Mancini)
Alley Cat (Bent Fabric)             Birdland (Weather Report)
Bourée (Jethro Tull)                Opus One (Tommy Dorsey)
Telstar (Tornados)                  Walk Don't Run (Ventures)
Tequila! (Champs)                   Pipeline (Chantays)
Night Train (Louis Prima)           Peaches En Regalia (Frank Zappa)
Java (Al Hirt)                      Entry Of The Gladiators (Fucik)
Spanish Flea (Herb Alpert)          Chopsticks (2 Harp Harmony)
The Stripper (David Rose)           Bugle Call Medley (U.S. Cavalry)
Sailor's Hornpipe (Popeye)          A Fifth of Beethoven (Walter Murphy)
In The Hall Of The Mountain King


Difficult to assign a key as it changes keys frequently,
so I've tabbed the sections in the Key of C for easier play


Rhapsody In Blue (Excerpts)

Note: '~' indicates rapid slide in and out


8  -7* 7* -7* 7* -7* 7*  7 -6  6 -5*

6* -6* 7   6  5 -3*  3* 3  3  (-3 -3* -4*  -3 -3* -4*)

3 -3~  3 -3~  3  4  (-1 -1* -2  -1 -1* -2)

5 -5~  5 -5~  5 -6  (3  3* -3*  3  3* -3*)

-6  7 -6 -10   -9  7  7* -7  8  -7 -6

6* 6* 6* 6*  -5* -5* -5* -5*  6* 6* 6* 6*  7* 7* 7*

7* -7 -6 -5  -5* -5  4  3*  -3  4 -3 -2
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7 -6 -7*   7 -6 -3*  (3* 3 3* 3 -2)

7 -6 -7*   7 -6 -3*  (3* 3 3* 3 -2)

6* 6* 6* 6*  -5* -5* -5* -5*  -5 -5 -5

-5 -5 -5 -5  5 5 5  5 5 5 5
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7 -7* -8  7 -7* -8  -5  6 -6  6 -5  7 7 7 -5* -4* 3

3 -3* -4  3 -3* -4  -1  2 -2  2 -1  3 3 3  2 1* -3

-5 6* -6* -5 6* -6* -3 -4  4 -4 -3 -5 -5 -5
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3 -3 4 4  3 -3 3 -3* -3 3  -1 2 -1 -2

3 -3 4 4  3 -3 3 -3* -3 3  -2 2 -2 -1

(2 -2 3 -3 -4 4 -5) -5* 5  -5* 5 -5* 5 -3* -3* -3* 3 -3*

(-4 5 5* -5) -5* 5 -5* 5 -6 5 -5* 5 -3* -3* -3* 3 -3*
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5 6 7 7 7 7 -7 7 -6 6 -5 5   5 6 7 7 7 7 -7 7 -6 6 -5 -3*

5 5 5 5 5 -6   5 5 5 -3 -3 -2 -2 -3   5 6 7 -7

5 6 7 7 7 7 -7 7 -6 6 -5 5
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5  5* -5* -1*   2* 3  3* -3* -4  5  (3 -2* -2 ... )

5  5* -5* -1*   2* 3  3*  5* -5*  (-3* -3  3* ... )

-6  7  7*  3* (-2 3 -2 2)

-3* -4*  5* -5* -6  7  3 (-1 -2 2 -1*)

3* -3* -4*   5 -6 7  7* -7* -6  7 -7* 

-4  6 -6* 7 -7  6 -6* -7 (-7* to top)
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2* 3 2* 3* 3*  2* 3 2* 3* -3* 3* 3 2*


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