My Funny Valentine | Harmonica Lesson + Free Harp Tabs
- Liam Ward
- Feb 14, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 30
Hello! This is a free harmonica lesson for the jazz standard 'My Funny Valentine'. This is not an easy song to play on diatonic harmonica but it's a great challenge for your technique.
The harp tabs system
The song is tabbed out for diatonic harmonica (in any key). The symbols I use are pretty basic - positive numbers are blow, negative numbers are draw.
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Intermediate (no overblows but lots of bends):
-1 2 -2// 2 -2// 2
My funny valentine
-1 2 -2// 2 -2// 2
Sweet comic valentine
-1 2 -2// 4 -3/ -3// -2
You make me smile with my heart
-2// -2 -3// -2 -3// -2
Your looks are laughable
-2// -2 -3// -2 -3// -2
Unphotographable
-2// -2 -3// 5 -4 4 -3 -3/
Yet you're my fav’rite work of art
-3// -2 4 -2// -2// 2 -2//
Is your figure less than Greek
-2// 2 -4 -2// -2// 2 -2//
Is your mouth a little weak
2 -2// 5 -2// -2// 2 -2// -2 -3// -4
When you open it to speak, are you smart
2 -1 2 -2// 2 -2// 2
But don't change a hair for me
-2// -2 -3// -2 -3// -2
Not if you care for me
-4 5 -5 5 -5 5 -3// -5
Stay little valenti-ine, stay
-2// -2 -3// -2 -3// -2 -2//
Each day is Valentine's Day
Advanced (overblows but fewer bends):
-3// -3 4 -3 4 -3
My funny valentine
-3// -3 4 -3 4 -3
Sweet comic valentine
-3// -3 4 6 -5 5 -4
You make me smile with my heart
4 -4 5 -4 5 -4
Your looks are laughable
4 -4 5 -4 5 -4
Unphotographable
4 -4 5 -7 -6 6 5* -5
Yet you're my fav’rite work of art
5 -4 6 4 4 -3 4
Is your figure less than Greek
4 -3 -6 4 4 -3 4
Is your mouth a little weak
4 -3 -7 4 4 -3 4 -4 5 -6
When you open it to speak, are you smart
-3 -3// -3 4 -3 4 -3
But don't change a hair for me
4 -4 5 -4 5 -4
Not if you care for me
-6 -7 7 -7 7 -7 5 7
Stay little valenti-ine, stay
4 -4 5 -4 5 -4 4
Each day is Valentine's Day
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