Hey Everybody -
This week we look into the third chorus of my “Horton Shuffle", which is a tribute to the great Big Walter Horton. I will introduce the concept and technique of tongue vamping while playing tongue-blocked, and how to utilize this in rapid fashion very much like Big Walter would use himself. I will also go over some licks and patterns often used by Big Walter.
For working on these new techniques, be sure to allow yourself plenty of short, focused practice sessions to nail the technique down and then you’ll be good to go.
Hope you dig it!
- Dennis
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:
Blues
key of E
A Harp
Big Walter Horton
Dennis Gruenling
Dave Gross
Horton Shuffle
Print Chords & Tab
A Harp in the Key of E
Loop 0:00 Dennis and Dave Playing the 2nd and 3rd Chorus
Loop 1:18 Tongue Vamp Technique
Loop 5:10 Slow Practice Loop of Tongue Vamp Technique
Loop 7:02 Breakdown of First 4 Bars
Loop 8:12 Practice Loop of First 4 Bars
Loop 8:25 Breakdown of Bars 5 - 10
Loop 12:29 Turnaround Breakdown
Loop 13:57 Third Chorus (Bars 1 - 12) Practice Loop
Comments
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This is such a fun lesson! Thank you Dennis!
Daniel - Very nice!! Sold grasp of the techniques and nice textures too. Great work on this! Happy Holidays to you!! :)
just watched a vid on facebook.... WALTER and CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE yeah mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yea - two masters! Big Walter was a master and had so many sounds, textures, effects, and so much dimension to his playing - one of the best!