Harmonica Chord - iii minor 7, iiim7

Harmonica Chord - iii minor 7

In this session we are looking at the Harmonica Chord Cheat Sheet and in particular the iii minor 7, iiim7 chord

Harmonica Chord Cheat Sheet

Lesson Info

Lesson Length: 3:11
Instructor:
George Goodman

In this session we are looking at the iii minor 7 chord. This is the chord built on the third note of the major scale and is also a minor 7 chord.
Learn the iim7 chord tones on the mouth organ.

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Gear Used

Hohner Special 20

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.

HARMONICA CHORD - iii minor 7

iii minor 7 Harmonica Tabs

In this session we are looking at the Harmonica Chord Cheat Sheet and in particular the iii Minor 7 chord.
Harmonica Chord Cheat Sheet
Where do the notes that make up the iiim7 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.

iii minor 7 harmonica tabs
The first row of tabs for the iii minor 7 chord starts in the fourth column, the 7th of the chord, draw 1.
The full iii minor 7 can be seen in the second row beginning with the root at blow 2.
The third of the chord is blow 3.
The fifth is draw 3 and the 7th is at draw 4.

-1
2 3 -3 -4

The next octave starts with the root at blow 5.
The 3rd of the chord is blow 6.
The 5th of the chord is draw 7 and the 7th of the chord is draw 8.

5 6 -7 -8

In the next octave we can only manage a partial chord starting at blow 8 for the root and then blow 9 for the 3rd.
8 9

The iii minor 7 tabs over the full range of the diatonic mouth harp are:
-1
2 3 -3 -4
5 6 -7 -8
8 9

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 iii Minor 7 chord over the full range of the mouth harp are as follows:

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

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