Cream Sunshine of Your Love Riff on Harmonica

Difficulty: Medium
Lesson Length: 4:51
Instructor: George Goodman

Basically the main challenges harmonica players face - Single Notes, Bending and Air Support.

All three are covered in the Harmonica Essentials Harp N Guitar foundation course. Check out the course material here: Harmonica Essentials Course

Bent Harmonica

For help with bending, check out Bent Harmonica.

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* Wail Blues and Rock Riffs
* Graduate From Oh Suzanna to Sunshine of Your Love
* Enable the Warmth of the Bottom End
* Gain Confidence Soloing

BENT HARMONICA INCLUDES – Mechanics, Technique, Fine-tuning, and Exercises To Get You Bending the Heck Out of Your Harp

Introduction

Sunshine Of Your Love was written by Jack Bruce, Pete Brown and Eric Clapton in 1967.

The song was released by Cream on the Disraeli Gears album in 1968.

Gear Required

Sunshine of Your Love is in the key of D.
Here, I demonstrate it in second position, meaning that you will need a G harmonica.

The Hohner Special 20 is my harmonica of choice.
G Hohner Special 20

Harmonica Tabs

G Harmonica in Second Position
The main riff uses all the notes of the Blues Scale in a descending fashion.
Here's the Blues Scale harmonica tabs:
-2 -3b 4 -4b -4 -5 6

Here's the tabs for Sunshine Of Your Love
6 6 -5 6
-4 -4b 4 -2 -3b -2

Things To Note

This was recorded in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia in the fall of 2020.

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Peace,

George