harper13
1 post
15-Feb-2008
4:45 PM
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He is my master. I think he is one of the best young harmonica player living now.
I watched his videos and I am trying figure out some of his licks. I got some triplets staff but I am still working on that what he calls inflection. Any suggestions? Please,please help me.
Anyway is anybody here who likes Jason's music and playing?Thanks!
All the best to all of you and I am looking forward to hear from you soon. Peter
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superchucker77
5 post s
15-Feb-2008
5:50 PM
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I first heard Jason Ricci's palying last year on youtube, and I must say that I was amazed and baffled. He makes tremendous use of scales and his playing is quiet melodic for blues harp. There are only two other player that I know of that can touch him in terms of skill with speed: John Popper and Sugar Blue. I really can not say that one player is better than the other because they all have there own style. I know that he learned his overblow technique from Adam Gussow and that Mr. Gussow holds him in high regard. To me he is one of the modern innovators of our humble instrument.
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stas
2 post s
15-Feb-2008
11:17 PM
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Hey, Try to copy some Pat Ramsey's stuff. Not that it's anywhere close to easy to play like him tone-wise , speed-wise or expression-wise.. but i found his stuff easier to understand , Jason took it "a couple" of steps further, WAY too advanced for a beginner like me. You're gonna need one of those slowing down progs. I use "Transcribe!" - very convinient, you can change pitch or speed on the fly.
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harper13
3 post s
16-Feb-2008
3:06 AM
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Ok.thanks for your answers. I will try that way but still waiting for more suggestions and answers. thanks once again. All the best. Peter
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Jeff
4 post s
16-Feb-2008
7:22 AM
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I simply have the latest version of QuickTime on my computer (comes with virtually all computers for free) and if you go into the A/V Controls, you can slow down the track to as slow as half the speed (without changing the pitch). This has been a god-send for transcribing tabs.
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harpestry
1 post
16-Feb-2008
8:43 AM
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You're probably going to have to practice scales. If you haven't already done this, check out some of his lessons on youtube. Try to get major, minor, blues, major pentatonic, and minor pentatonic scales starting on any note, which means you'll have to learn how to overblow and overdraw. Once you learn the scale then play it different ways,like playing it in thirds and doing this in 4/4 and 3/4 time. It's a lot of work. On youtube, Jason says he practiced some of these concepts for 8 hours a day to get it right! Wow! I'm trying to do some of the same things, but I still have to learn to overblow hole number 1 and all of the overdraws. Trying to find the time to do all of this is tough sometimes, but I'm going to try to get what I can. Check out his "Blood on the Road" and "Rocket Number 9" cds, they are both great. Good luck and keep practicing.
Last Edited on 16-Feb-2008 8:44 AM
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bluzlvr
1 post
17-Feb-2008
2:46 PM
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I was fortunate enough to see Jason Ricci play live when he visited my local blues club last November, and I have to say the live videos on youtube don't do him justice. Not only is he an incredible player, but he gets an incredible sound out of his rig and his backup band is incredible in their own right.....
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shaneboylan
33 post s
30-Jun-2008
3:15 PM
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Listen to his playing on Walter Trout's song 'Child Of Another Day' - Absolutely incredible blues harp playing. I love his little single warbles - almost sounds as if it's Irish Trad! Go maith!
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"I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window."
-Steven Wright
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