My notations to help you play the songs:

-5        Draw hole 5
 5         Blow hole 5

|   (pipe)      Measure bar

R             1/4 rest
RR          1/2 rest
RRR        3/4 rest
RRRR     Rest one measure
r              1/8 rest

"."       Very short time period (about the amount of time between when the light turns green and the guy behind you "beeps")

|         |      Rest one measure

456   Play holes 4, 5 and 6 together  (also noted:  (456)  )

4S5   Play blow 4 and quickly slide to hole 5 blow.

-45     Play draw 4 and then immediately play blow 5  (Typically this will be done for one beat combined)

-3b          bend one semitone  (on a "C" harp, you'll get a Bb note))
-3bb       bend two semitones  ( on a "C" harp, you'll get an "A" note)
-3bbb     bend three semitones (drop that jaw all the way down and draw from your inner self! and on a "C" harp, you'll get Ab note)

See the "C" diatonic harp layout pattern here
 

If you see two rows of tabs such as:

-7   7 -8     8   -8       8 
 6  -6 -7     7   -7      -7
Oh, Danny- | boy, the  | pipes,

-10   9    8    -8 7 -6      7    8  -9     9  -10      9   8   7   8      -8
 -6   6   -6     6 5  4      6   -6  -7     7   -6      6   5   4   5      -4
the pipes are | cal ling | from glen to | glen, and | down the mountain | side. |

or:

 Rr -8  -8    8   -9    9   r 9   9   10 9   9    -9   7   7   -8    8   -9
    -4  -4    5   -5    6     6   6   7  6   6    -5   4   4   -4    5   -5
|   It must have been love | but it's o ver now | ow. It must have been good |


 r -9 9  -8  -8   7  7    r -8  -8    8   -9    9    r  9   9  10  9   9
   -5 6  -4  -4   4  4      -4  -4    5   -5    6       6   6   7  6   6
| but I lost it somehow. | It must have been love, |  but it's o ver now. |

simply play EITHER row - your choice.  Sometimes the song has several tabbed versions and you might find one to be more favorable or easier to play for you.
Also - some harpers have difficulty hitting notes in the highest octave and some harpers have difficulty hitting notes in the lowest octave.

Midi 4(Ab84)       (in bold)  Background music is THIS midi playing in Ab key at 84 Beats Per Minute

Midi 3(C104)*    Song was tabbed from THIS Midi.  Play in "C" key at 104 BPM
Midi 3(C104)*-harp    The melody line of the main instrument (piano, guitar, sax, trombone, clarinet or piccolo, etc) was swapped out and replaced with the harmonica.

4.   Hold 2 beats
 

6 ----->  -4 R
       |                |   Carry the 6 blow to next measure, draw -4 and R one beat.

Every now and then you will see Midi - MP3.  This is a Midi file that has been converted to an MP3.  This means you can download the file and burn it to a CD.  This CD is now playable on an MP3 player.  You can also download the song directly to an MP3 player for playing anywhere on your MP3 player.

Every now and then you will see Midi - MP3 - Audio.  This is a Midi file that has been converted to an Audio file that can be downloaded to your computer and either burned to a CD that can play in virtually any CD player or it can be downloaded to input into a portable CD player.

From Jan 1, 2007