Here are the 1st and 2nd choruses of "Easy". Both choruses have the same melody but different sounds in playing them. The "growls" that I employ are done in two different ways. On the draw the sound is produced from the back of the throat, but on the blow it is produced by rolling the tongue.
A harp in key of E.
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:standards
key of E
Jerry Portnoy
A Harp
Big Walter Horton
Rick Russell
Easy
Print Chords & Tab
A Harmonica in the Key of E. Background listening: Easy - Big Walter Hornton & I Almost Lost My Mind - Ivory Joe Hunter
loop @ 0:00 Jerry and Rick Playing the First Two Choruses
loop @ 1:28 Breakdown of First Chorus
loop @ 7:14 Run-Through of First Chorus by Jerry
loop @ 8:12 2nd Chorus Warbles and Run-Through
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This is realy helpful for me with my notes and technic...i still have to study the other video's also, if i get into some questions by the lesson- video's i put them here for answering...thank you so far Jerry.
Jan.....from Holland, Sassenheim.
How do you get those growls? I can get a growl (a poor one) on a draw note, but not at all on a blow. It's a great sound.
Aria,
You're making all the right sounds, which is great! Your time is a bit off, however. If you sing the song in your head as you play, you'll naturally play it in time. Also, you may be thinking too much about producing the effects (like the growls) instead of thinking of the music and just letting the technique happen.
Portnoy is one cool cat. He not only oozes the blues, but he embodies what was good about beatniks, hippies and jazz cats that didn't OD. I know he's not old enough to have live at least most of that, he just comes by it naturally. I am signing up to learn about the blues harp from this master.