Call and Response

Lesson 4/46 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Beginner Harmonica

Call and Response

As mentioned in Lesson 9, call and response is a typical Blues and Gospel technique where one instrument or voice answers another. In the following example, the harmonica does not play in the first two bars. The vocalist sings in the first two bars and the harmonica answers in the following two bars. This format is then repeated for the rest of the 12 bar progression. Many Blues songs are played in this exact manner. Try singing a line and then answering your voice with the harmonica, or get a friend to sing and you answer with the harmonica.

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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

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Call and Response