Greg Heumann
1757 posts
Aug 26, 2012
9:43 PM
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The Mungo Jerry thread got me thinking it would be fun to compare notes on melodies you play for blues solos - I play a lot of improvised blues, but I like to throw in stuff that isn't necessarily blues, is recognizable, and happens to fit nicely over a standard I-IV-V. They are a refreshing change, and its fun to see some of the audience recognize them.
Here are the ones I can think of right now...
In the Summer Time (Mungo Jerry)
Strange Brew (Cream)
Bali Hai (from South Pacific)
Norwegian Wood (Beatles - only over the 1st 8 bars)
Don't Get Around Much Any more (Tony Bennet et al - yes, Big Walter did it too)
Azulito (Mario Bauza - Mambo)
I've got you under my skin (Sinatra)
Man, I sort of feel like I'm giving away my trade secrets - but I hope you will too - we don't perform to the same audiences, do we? So...come on,.... out with it!
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/Greg
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boris_plotnikov
760 posts
Aug 26, 2012
11:08 PM
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6 bars of Jingle Bells chorus.
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FreeWilly
304 posts
Aug 27, 2012
12:43 AM
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I heard Jason do flintstones once, in a really fast shuffle. Cool stuff!
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Harptime
35 posts
Aug 27, 2012
4:20 AM
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The 5th Dimension... the first part of Aquarious... works in a number of situations....blues for sure and also spacy jams ala Pink Floyd/Dead etc...also love to throw Jingle Bells into the fast shuffles...
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Warren Bee
Marketing & Harmonica Raconteur
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Harptime
36 posts
Aug 27, 2012
4:22 AM
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Free Willy...check out PT Gazell giving the Flinstones the full treatment...head turner smile maker for sure...
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Warren Bee
Marketing & Harmonica Raconteur
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colman
189 posts
Aug 27, 2012
4:33 AM
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the jazz people have been improv. on different song melodys and creating heavy personal songs out of a basic reconizable melody line also chords.look what they did with "rhythm changes" it has become a standard for improv. jam... john coltrane turned "my favorite things"
into a long composition...and there wouldn`t be JAZZ without BLUES.......james cotton "jingle bells" in the creeper.......
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robbert
122 posts
Aug 27, 2012
6:46 AM
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'Smile' - by Charlie Chaplin, from the film 'Modern Times'. A quote from this melody often seems to creep into a solo every gig, whatever the progression...
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TheoBurke
84 posts
Aug 27, 2012
7:20 AM
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Remember also that Eric Clapton plays the first bars of "Blue Moon" at the start of his solo on Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love". It was a perfect launching point for one of the great iconic guitar solos.
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Ted Burke
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUDjK-ibQ&feature=relmfu
ted-burke.com
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Tuckster
1118 posts
Aug 27, 2012
8:26 AM
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I love how the jazz players work those quotes into their solos. I'm not sure,but I think it's "Take The A Train". I try to work that in when the song permits.
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dougharps
258 posts
Aug 27, 2012
1:07 PM
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"Twisted" per Joni Mitchell ("You see, little children are supposed to sleep tight..."), and "I Feel Free" per Clapton ("Feel, when I dance with you. We move like the sea..."). Sometimes "Mary had a Little Lamb."
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Doug S.
Last Edited by on Aug 27, 2012 1:08 PM
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HawkeyeKane
1145 posts
Aug 27, 2012
1:19 PM
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This isn't blues...but when I've attempted soloing on Comfortably Numb, I've thrown the verse licks of Rogers & Hammerstein's My Favorite Things in there. Works really well.
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Hawkeye Kane
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AW
132 posts
Aug 27, 2012
2:51 PM
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I saw a great fiddler last night who threw in the Simpsons theme song riff in the middle of his encore solo.
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Drbeastie
22 posts
Aug 28, 2012
12:30 PM
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I put a little bit of the James Bond theme at the start of Van Morrisons Moondance, you know the Ba da di dah di dah, Ba da Di dah di dah, What I like to think of as the Dick swinging part of Monty Normans theme, seemed to work all right
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HarpNinja
2630 posts
Aug 28, 2012
1:22 PM
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Peanuts Theme - I live in the birthplace of the comic
Top Gun Theme
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Sweet 16 - B.B. King
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Mike
VHT Special 6 Mods
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas - When it needs to come from the soul...
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