Trailing Off
There is another effect called a trail off which is the reverse of the slide. A trail off is achieved by playing a note and then sliding away to an indefinite pitch.
The Trail Off
A trail off is indicated by a letter t above the note to which it applies, as shown in the following example.
Here is a simple 12 Bar Blues in the key of G demonstrating both slides and trail offs. Experiment with these techniques on other tunes you have learned.
Class Sessions
1- What Are All These Sounds?
2- The C Major Scale
3- The Triplet
4- 12 Bar Blues
5- INTRODUCTION
6- The Eighth Note
7- Sliding Between Notes
8- Sixteenth Notes
9- Hand Vibrato
10- Playing Single Notes
11- Cross Harp Sounds
12- Rests
13- Improvisation
14- Playing in Other Keys
15- Making Musical Sounds
16- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
17- Notes on the C Harmonica
18- Swing Rhythms
19- The Trill
20- Trailing Off
21- The G Major Pentatonic Scale
22- Understanding Chords
23- Double Tonguing
24- Which Harmonica to Use
25- Reading the Notation System
26- Moving Between Positions
27- The Lead-in
28- The Train Whistle
29- Cross Harp Playing
30- The Tie
31- Call and Response
32- Melody and Harmony
33- Playing Songs
34- The Major Pentatonic Scale
35- How to Hold the Harmonica
36- Bending Notes
37- The Minor Pentatonic Scale
38- The Shuffle
39- Bar Lines
40- Consecutive Breaths
41- Different Types of Chords
42- The Blues Scale
43- Syncopation
44- Combining Chords and Single Notes
45- Grace Notes
46- Tonguing