Noon Showdown on the jaw harp: tabs
Noon Showdown is a easy song on the jaw harp: 25 notes over 8 bars in 4/4 at 92 BPM, about 20 seconds. It uses 5 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.
Noon Showdown jaw harp tab in numbers
| 4 4 4 r | 5 4 7 - | | 4 4 4 r | 6 5 4 - | | 8 7 6 5 | 7 - 6 5 | | 44 5 6 8 | 8 - - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is 4, used for 10 of the 25 notes. The tune goes from 4 up to 8.
- The widest jump is from 4 to 8 (12 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 6 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.