Hi Jerry,

Great to hear you and your trio on Friday night in Mashpee, and chat during your break.  Here's my attempt at the 2nd position boogie lesson (slowed down as in your slowed down version).  I can see I need to work on tone and attack, but any feedback is welcome.  Not sure I got all the bends right, and if there was an octave in your version I wasn't sure where it was.  Thanks.

Cheers,

Ben.

Thanks for coming out to Mashpee! Keep working on the basic lessons, especially the synchopating chords. Getting a good rhythmic flow is important. You've got some control of your bends but they could be a bit more precise. Technique has to be practiced till it's second nature so that you can concentrate on the musical part of the equation. Sometimes it's helpful to try and play melodic songs that you know in your head so that the timing and phrasing is familiar and you have an inner template as to how it should sound. 

That's helpful, Jerry.  Thanks.  I'm gonna revisit the lessons, as well as work on some melodies on the low end of the harp to get comfortable nailing the bends, before trying to tackle the boogie lessons in 1st and 3rd positions.