Chorus 4 Blues in a Dream. This chorus starts out with a light wistful feeling on the eighth hole draw and ends up with a warble lick that swells in intensity as it leads into the break on the next chorus.
Put some feeling into it!
Jerry
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:
Blues
key of E
Jerry Portnoy
A Harp
Rick Russell
Blues In A Dream
Print Chords & Tab
A Harp in the Key of E.
Loop 0:00 3rd and 4th Verse Performance
Loop 2:08 Breakdown of 1st Riff
Loop 4:06 Practice Loop of 1st Riff
Loop 4:28 Breakdown of 2nd Riff to the Warble
Loop 5:17 Practice Loop of First 8 Bars
Loop 6:56 Turnaround and Building Intensity Toward the Break
Loop 10:02 Practice Loop of Turnaround
Loop 10:55 Practice Loop of 4th Chorus
Loop 12:07 Closing Thoughts
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Hi Jerry,
Some interesting new challenges for me in this chorus. First, on the opening 8 hole draw, sometimes it sounds like you're catching some of the 8-4 octave. Am I imagining that?
On the warbles, tongue block all of that including the 4-5 draw?
Any tips on getting the hang of bending that 3-4 warble while tongueing? The way you hit that 3 hole bend there is so sweet. Actually as I'm doing this I'm realizing that the eee-ooo-ohhhh technique you taught in the master class helps when tongueing also. Maybe I just have to do this about a million more times.
After the warbles, is that pretty much tongue blocking all the way out. Do you lip purse the 2, 3 and 4 draws leading into the final three octaves?
Last thing for now. It took a while to get the timing all through this piece. Is there or will there be a backing track for this one?
A gazillion thanks. I love this piece.
Bill