5 Rolling Stones Riffs (Easy to Hard)
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LEVEL 1 - TOTAL NOOB - You Can’t Always Get What You Want
For total newbies, focus on these important fundamentals:
Deep diaphragmatic breathing, along with a nice steady airflow
Deep mouth position on the harmonica
To play along with You Can’t Always Get What You Want, just inhale through the harmonica on holes -123 for 4 counts, and then exhale through holes 123 on the harmonica for 4 counts.
Once you can do that, we’re gonna add some syllables to mimic the rhythm of the acoustic guitar pattern:
Ta Ta kaTa Ta Taka-Taka
LEVEL 2 - NO SWEAT - Satisfaction
Now that we’ve played an acoustic guitar part on the harmonica, let’s play his electric part on (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, which I demonstrated before in 10 Guitar Licks on Harmonica.
The riff on the original recording is essentially a B Minor riff, so you’d need an A harmonica to play along, but I’ve made a jam track for us to play it on our C harps.
Here are the harmonica tabs for (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, to be played on a C harmonica.
-4 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 5
-4 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 5 5 -4
LEVEL 3 - BEGINNER’S CHALLENGE - Sweet Virginia
The actual harmonica part to one of the most popular songs off of Exile on Main Street, released in 1972. Even if you’re a beginner, I think you’re gonna be able to rock this just like Mick Jagger.
Here are the harmonica tabs for Sweet Virginia which we are playing along with in the key of C on this video:
4 -4 4 -4 5 5 -4 4 -4
4 -4 5 5 -4 4 -4
4 -4 5 6 7 8 -8 7
LEVEL 4 - HARD - Midnight Rambler
This riff is intermediate because it requires bending - specifically the -2” bend.
Here’s the harmonica tabs for Mick Jagger’s riff from the studio version of Midnight Rambler, which is off of the 1969 record, Let it Bleed.
-34 Trill -2 -2 -2” -2
-34 Trill -2 -2 -2” -2
-2” -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2
The Stones do this song in the key of B, so you’d need an E harmonica to play along with the recording (but of course I’ve made a jam track in G so that we can jam it on our C harps.)
I grew up with my dad listening to the Live from Madison Square Garden version from 1969 which is on the Hot Rocks record, and I always loved the harmonica Mick Jagger played on that. Here’s the harmonica tabs for the main riff he plays before the song starts, and then again when they change from a swung to straight feel about 2:22 seconds into the song:
-1 -2” -2 -2
I could listen to that riff all day!
BONUS: the -2” bend is also at the heart of what Mick Jagger is playing around 2:00 into Gimme Shelter on the version from the 1969 album Let It Bleed, which he’s playing it on an F# harmonica.
-2” -2 -2 -2 -2 -2” -2 -2 -2 -2” -2 -2 -2
LEVEL 5 - DANG IT! - Miss You
Miss You, from the 1978 album Some Girls, performed on harmonica by the great Sugar Blue.
The reason this song is level 5 is cos he is playing in 2nd position on a D harmonica in A MINOR. This requires a lot of bending precision to always play that -3’ in tune and NOT TO allow it to release up into the major.
On a C harmonica, we’re playing this in G minor. Here’s the harmonica tabs for Miss You:
-2” -2 4 -3’ -2 -2” -2
-2” -2 4 -3’ -2 -2” -2
-2” -2 -3’ -2
I want to get into a couple of the cool licks that Sugar Blue plays at the end of this song, around 4:13, and specifically this one. -4’ -4 -6’-6 6 -5 -4 -4’ -4
As I also talk about in Level 4 of my Amazing Grace Lesson ( • 4 Levels of Amazing Grace ): when you are playing in 2nd position and you want to create more excitement, you can actually play 3rd position riffs over the 2nd position song. This is exactly what Sugar Blue does at the end of Miss You:
-4’ -4 -6’-6 6 -5 -4 -4’ -4 (vibrato)
6 -6’ -6 -7 -8 -9 9 -9 -8
7 -7 -6 6 -5 -4 -4’ -4
4 -3’ -4’ -4 (vibrato)
Then comes my favorite lick of the solo which starts in 3rd position and then switches to second:
6 -6 -5 -4 4 -3’ 4 -’3 -2 (3rd is 6 -6 -5 -4, and 2nd is 4 -’3 4 -3’ -2)
And then he finishes by playing with long bends between -4’ and -4, and with -3’ -3” like this:
-3’ 4 -4’ (hold long) -4 4 -3’ -3”
I hope these harmonica tabs and this lesson on Rolling Stones harmonica has helped you. ROCK ON! 😎 - Jak na to + styl
Really appreciate your videos man- keep it up!
Glad you like them!
Wow Luke, what a great gift this lesson is! Thank you. Reminding me of the harp in a lot of the Stones songs inspired me to start learning them. Thanks again.
Wonderful! Rock on! 😎
I appreciate your teaching method, really helps to learn quickly 😊
Right on! So glad to hear that. Rock on! 😎
Brilliant Luke thanks
Glad you like. You're very welcome. 🤙🏼
Lots of fun playing around to warm up. This is the way to warm up! The hard part for me is slowing down! Discipline, discipline.... (I had the Live Stones" album in 1971 and was playing along with it then as a 19-year-old)!
Ah the Stones, so many great songs.
I'm gonna be working on these , thanks 👍👅
You're most welcome. Rock on! 😎
great great lesson Luke! Thank you!!
You're welcome. It's my pleasure. Rock on! 😎
Thanks, LUKE This is what i'm talking about. GREAT LESSON.
Glad you liked it!
totally awesome... love you man...❤
Love you too David. Rock on! 😎
Thanks so much for help on the Miss You solo.
Right on! 👊🏼
Thanks for taking the time to tab that out and teach it. I really appreciate it.
Right on! You're so welcome!
Wow, du bist ein unglaublicher Trainer.
Ich liebe deinen Kanal.
Spiele selbst chromatic harmonica, aber man lernt niemals aus.
Viele Grüße und vielen vielen lieben Dank 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍
Sou aqui do Brasil e curto seus vídeos, gosto dos Stones e tô aprendendo a tocar um pouco a gaita em C
Amazing!!!
Merci Luke
Man, I love your videos...an the stones rock too...🤘
I appreciate that! 👊🏼
I've been looking for the Sugar Blue breakdown solo at the end of Miss You. I've been a decent harp player for more than 40 years and always wanted to learn this. The regular riff thats throughout the track I've always been able to do but the solo at the end is what I'm after. Thanks for this, it makes great sense to me and I will work on this one!
That's so awesome. Glad to hear it!!!! 👊🏼 Rock on! 😎
Wow, really good video.
Thank you very much!
harmonica is my favorite instrument! thank you for video
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U are Aamazing my bro thank u another from egypt
My pleasure. 🙏🏼🎶 Aloha from Hawaii.
Gonna try this!
You got this! 👊🏼
❤ So cool I like it!
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Wow, Luke! You've got something for everyone! Thank you so much!
Glad you like it! You're most welcome Becky.
Thanks bro. Old dog learning new tricks.
Hı Luke! We mıssed you and your cool and funny lessons!!! 😊
Hi! 👋🏼 Thanks for watching! 😎🙌🏼🎶
Hey cobber you are a good teacher keep it up well done regards Gerry 😎👍
Thanks Gerry! 👍 Rock on! 😎
It was a great pleasure to learn those tricks, especially sugar blue's section. My mother got a CD from his wife and I made a copy. I love it and the story of sugar blue coming on stage during a concert in Paris. Thank You ! Philippe from FRANCE
Wow! Good for you for tackling the Sugar Blues stuff. He's a monster. Love the Paris connection; thanks for the note! Aloha from Hawaii. 🤙🏼
I'm sure, you're a surfer too ! I love watching at surfers but I don't practice, unfortunately. Aloha Hawaï !@@Harmonicacom
hey ..a real good time spent with you !!
Yes it was! Thanks for coming. Rock on! 😎
Thanks
You're welcome. It's my pleasure. Rock on! 😎
Hi Luke ! Really good video !
I started on the harmonica a few months ago.
About Sweet Virginia, I tried with my harmonica key of A, and I think your tabs sounds better with this one. What do you think ?
It'll work with any key harmonica. Lower tuned harmonicas sound sweeter. I believe the original is A, so that's the one for playing with the record.
It's an A harp in first position, the way I recall. Those high end blow bends are pretty sweet.
I learned the Miss You tune from your page and then listened to the original recording. I found that if I adapt what I learned to a G harp for the intro and then switch to D for the solo it sounds to my ears closer to the recording.
Yeah, Sugar Blue played a D harmonica for the whole thing. But G harp in 3rd position is easier for main riff. 👍🏼
What is the best friend of any musician, especially playing harmonica to The Rolling Stones is a metronome.
Yeah Charlie Watts and all of them have a great sense of time for sure! 😎
No, I think it's a macronome. 😊
Mick is such a Great harp player.
Agreed!👊🏼
Dziękuję 👌😎👍👍👍
Thanks guys! 🙌🏼
Hi i'm from Colombia a bananean repúblic but i have enough culture to love true harp music
Love it amigo. Rock on! 😎🍌🎶
Great lesson, thanks! Any chance you could give us your thoughts/ info on Gimme Shelter? I know it’s really only 2 notes but there’s lots of debate on the key used. It would be great if you could do a lesson! 😃
You're welcome. It's my pleasure, Elliot! Ya I think I mentioned that in Level 4 cos it's a similar riff to what he plays on the live version of Midnight Rambler from Maddison Square Garden 1969. Here's an excerpt from my website on the subject:
I could listen to that riff all day, and in fact the -2” bend is also at the heart of what Mick Jagger is playing around 2:00 into Gimme Shelter on the version from the 1969 album Let It Bleed. He’s playing it on an F# harmonica.
-2” -2 -2 -2 -2 -2” -2 -2 -2 -2” -2 -2 -2
www.harmonica.com/rolling-stones-riffs-the-5-levels/
@@Harmonicacom Thank you! I really appreciate it. Now I just need to get an F# harp! 😳
Hey Luke! I have some questions. Have you ever tried Hohner's Silverstar Harmonica? I bought it as a beginner, but I think that I can't bend on it. Do you know its bendability? Also, what do you think about Harley Benton harmonicas? I see they're quite cheap and I read some good reviews.
Hey I'm so sorry I'm not familiar with either of those harmonicas. But if you wanna make sure your bending difficulties are not gear-related, I'd save up for a Special 20 or Lee Oskar as those are the easiest to bend in my opinion.
Mate,the Hohner silver star is what I call a back up harp,being cheap (Chinese manufacture?) you can have a couple for reserve if the better quality and more expensive (Hohner made in Krautland )blow out a reed when doing a gig. 😨OK to learn on,but the sooner you get a higher quality harp the better you will sound.😎 Regarding bending or draw notes on the silver star,compare it to a Volkswagon and a Porsche (with the same company owner) on a race track....the silver star will get you to the finish line...eventually...maybe...usually...sort of 😂....but just keep playing and experimenting my friend that's what counts...if you want some laid back fun harp check out Juzzie Smith also. ✌
Cheers Luke. Now lets go onto Midnight Rambler and Sweet Virginia shall we??
Yes! DO IT!!!
in the solo part to Miss You. have you switched back into a C harmonica??
I'm playing C harmonica on everything in this vid. 👍🏼
I love you.😅
Love you too. 👊🏼
What harmonica you used for sweet Virginia ?
Special 20
Y'all need to do some kessons on timing and how to practice with a metronome
Here ya go: czcams.com/video/cOYJ4sDqHcw/video.html
I'd like to see something I haven't found anywhere. How to play the harmonica parts in the Rolling Stones song "Good Times, Bad Times".
Isn't that Led Zeppelin?
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Start from the bent position... Alright!
Lol. Yep. You got this! 👊🏼😉
Let’s be honest, Brian Jones was a way better harp player than Mick
Go ggbhb
Got my first draw 2 bend today!! Thanks!
Fantastic! CONGRATS!
Yes, I love the Stones and the harp ❤️
Yep. And watching the songs being played, some are played at eighth notes, sixteenth notes, even carrying on for two full count notes. Very varied, but that's what makes playing to The Stones is so cool. These songs being played on a C harp can be played the exact same way as on a C chromatic harmonica. I prefer using a Tenor C chromatic. On a standard C chromatic, those two high notes, 11 & 12 are terrible to hear. But with a C chromatic harmonica, you won't ever get that. Even a Low C harmonica like on a Hohner, Seydel, Suzuki, or even a Lee Oskar is the best option, IMO.
Right on! 👊🏼
A little confused here on your discussion of chromatics. Check out my article here: www.harmonica.com/exploring-the-3-types-of-harmonica/
Hi Luke! Here you have another dumb hoping to put out some Blues sounds. I've just apply for the free lessons and I will make everything I could to pay further (although this may be difficult we'll see). Big hug!
You got this! 👊🏼🎶😎 Hugs back.