Dusty Trail on the jaw harp: tabs
Dusty Trail is a very easy song on the jaw harp: 25 notes over 8 bars in 4/4 at 72 BPM, about 27 seconds. It uses 6 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.
Dusty Trail jaw harp tab in numbers
| 4 6 5 4 | 6 - 5 4 | | 9 8 6 5 | 4 - - r | | 44 6 5 4 | 6 8 6 - | | 10 9 8 6 | 4 - - - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is 4, used for 8 of the 25 notes. The tune goes from 4 up to 10.
- The widest jump is from 4 to 9 (14 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 2 times: keep the beat steady rather than rushing the repeats.
How to read this tab
A vertical bar is a bar line. A dash keeps the last note ringing, an r is a silent beat, and notes in brackets are played together. It shows the melody part. The jaw harp page explains the notes in more detail.