Harmonica Chord Cheat Sheet

Lesson Length: 3:08
Instructor: George Goodman

This session is all about the vii  minor 7 b5 (flat 5) chord and where it lands on the diatonic harmonica when played in first position.

Harmonica Cheat Sheets pdf

Hohner Special 20 in C
In this lesson, as in most of the lessons, I am playing a Hohner Special 20 in the key of C.

In this session we are looking at the Harmonica Chord Cheat Sheet and in particular the vii Minor 7 b5 or vii half diminished chord.

Where do the notes that make up the viim7b5 chord land over the full range of the diatonic harmonica?

The Harmonica Chord Cheat Sheet harmonica tabs are divided into 4 columns.
7th chords are made up of four notes with each note in the chord represented by a particular column.
The first column shows the root of the chord.
The second column displays the 3rd of the chord.
The third column shows the 5th of the chord and the fourth column is the 7th of the chord.

The first row of tabs for the vii half diminished 7 chord starts in the second column, the 3rd of the chord, draw 1.
The 5th of the chord is draw 2 with a double bend.
The 7th of the chord can then be found at draw 3 with a double bend.
The full vii minor 7 b5 chord can be seen in the second row beginning with the root at draw 3.
The third of the chord is draw 4.
The fifth is draw 5 and the 7th is at draw 6.

-1 -2bb -3bb
-3 -4 -5 -6

The next octave starts with the root at draw 7.
The 3rd of the chord is draw 8.
The 5th of the chord is draw 9 and the 7th of the chord is draw 10.

-7 -8 -9 -10

The vii half diminished 7 tabs over the full range of the diatonic mouth harp are:

-1 -2bb -3bb
-3 -4 -5 -6
-7 -8 -9 -10

Wrap Up

The Harmonica Chord Cheat Sheet displays the tabs that make up the seventh chords built upon each degree of the major scale.
Seventh chords are four note chords consisting of a root, third, fifth and seventh.
Each of these notes are displayed in columns in the chart.
The root is the first column, the 3rd is the second column, the 5th is in the third column and the 7th is in the fourth column.

The tabs for the vii minor 7 b5 chord over the full range of the mouth harp are as follows:

-1 -2bb -3bb
-3 -4 -5 -6
-7 -8 -9 -10