Mannish Boy / I'm A Man Riff on Harmonica - D Harp - Harp N Guitar

Mannish Boy / I'm A Man Harmonica Lesson

Learn how to play two great harp riffs that are very similar, Mannish Boy and I'm A Man

Difficulty: Medium
Lesson Length: 7:48
Instructor: George Goodman

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Introduction

The riffs demonstrated in this lesson are taken from a couple of songs that are very similar.
Mannish Boy was recorded by Muddy Waters.
I'm A Man was recorded by Bo Diddley.

Both of these songs employ a version of this riff.

Gear Required

I'm going to demonstrate this riff in the key of A.
The harmonica part that I'm demonstrating is played in second position and so we'll use a D harmonica for this.

The Hohner Special 20 is my harmonica of choice.
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Harmonica Tabs

The notes that make up this lick are the first 3 notes of the Blues Scale.
Some bending will be required. In particular, we need to have a target single bend on draw 3.

Bo Diddley Riff
-2 4 -3b -2

Muddy Waters Riff
-2 4 3 -3b-2

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