Road Song, Diatonic Harmonica Jazz

Wes Montgomery was surely a genius of time and swing. Here is a transcription of Road Song theme and chorus, where you will see how, with relatively simple phrases, and sometimes very few notes, he is admirably placed in the time, so that you can't do anything but clap your hands and shake.
I use a C harp.
You will notice that my play is far from being perfect : the difficulty comes from the way Wes plays, never exactly on time, oftenly slightly in advance, which gives this dynamic impression.
This is exactly what makes the work of this theme such an interesting exercise (like Blues de Flamel theme, which has the same particularity).
Enjoy your work !
Jerome

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[apoorvabhatt60]

Great play

[JersiMuse]

@apoorvabhatt60 : Thanks ! (bis repetita :-))

[resojoe]

Nice job!

[JersiMuse]

@resojoe : Thanks !

[ENLIL60]

Perfect.

Just a question about tablature.

What does it means the number with an °,for example 6°?may be an overblow?.if yes,how do you obtain this?.

thanks a lot.

ENLIL60

[JersiMuse]

Yes, ° means an overnote.

So 6° will be 6 overblow, 7° will be 7 overdraw, ...

To obtain an overblow, you blow and put your tongue in the same position than for a bend.

Obtaining the first overblow is not easy, but you'll find many videos and explanations on the net to do so.

I hope that helps a bit,

Best regards,

Jerome

[cafeclopeaddicted]

trop fort jerome !!! Woaaaaa.

[ENLIL60]

thanks,your explanation is so clear.

This song is wonderful and your playing to.

For me it is quiete hard to play it but i'll try.

Thanks a lot for helping all of us with your music and tablature.

happy new year and all the best to you.

[Randysinger]

fantastic!!!!!!!!!

[JersiMuse]

Thanks again everybody for your support. It is so encouraging.

That kind of exercise seems to be appreciated by many, so I'll try to do it once in a while.

Best regards, and keep on harpin' !

Jérôme