10 Famous Guitar Riffs You Can Play on Harmonica

From the classic Rocky training montage set to Eye of the Tiger, to a modern Marvel Avengers battle scene choreographed to an epic Led Zeppelin song…

Nothing gets us hyped like a great guitar riff!

:metal::guitar::musical_note:

So I decided to try out 10 of the greatest guitar riffs ever on harmonica.

Check out this list:

:arrow_right: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones (1965)

:arrow_right: Wild Thing by the Troggs (1966)

:arrow_right: Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison (1967)

:arrow_right: Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker (1962)

:arrow_right: Hoochie Coochie Man by Muddy Waters (1954)

:arrow_right: Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple (1972)

:arrow_right: Roadhouse Blues by the Doors (1970)

:arrow_right: Sunshine of Your Love by Cream (1967)

:arrow_right: Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz (1993)

:arrow_right: Black Dog by Led Zeppelin (1971)

If you’ve seen my videos before, you know I normally do everything on a C harmonica. But this time I’m playing everything in the original key.

So in addition to my trusty C harmonica, I dusted off my keys of G, A, and D harps. Oh, and my Natural Minor Gm. Wanna know what positions I played them in?

:small_blue_diamond: 6 of the songs are in 2nd position (1 on a Natural Minor harmonica)

:small_blue_diamond: 3 of the songs are in 3rd position

:small_blue_diamond: 1 is in 1st position (but using 2 different harmonicas!)

Any hunches which is which? The answer might surprise you!

You can check out the full video here.

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