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ridge
562 posts
Nov 24, 2014
10:52 AM
It's technically in Eb since I'm playing cross harp, but that doesn't make for a good title.

I'm also testing to see if I can embed a WAV file


*Edited to correct egregious key error.
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Last Edited by ridge on May 28, 2019 1:19 PM
arzajac
1516 posts
Nov 24, 2014
11:44 AM
I never thought a WAV file could contain that much funk!

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Last Edited by arzajac on Nov 24, 2014 11:45 AM
ridge
563 posts
Nov 24, 2014
11:57 AM
Andrew, that's because it's New WAV
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Last Edited by ridge on Nov 24, 2014 11:58 AM
Shaganappi
129 posts
Nov 24, 2014
1:51 PM
Very cool. Some catchy stuff there. Thanks Dan.
bluemoose
1032 posts
Nov 24, 2014
2:49 PM
hey Dan, nice workout. Is the percussion good old foot stomping or are you on that OMB slide into the dark side?
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Resonator
44 posts
Nov 24, 2014
4:24 PM
Sounds good Dan. I enjoy these little snippets. You're killin' it!

I believe the funk is in the key of Eb which I know you know; I'm just correctly the typo for the fans at large. Peace.
Resonator
45 posts
Nov 24, 2014
4:25 PM
correcting
FreeWilly
419 posts
Nov 25, 2014
12:28 AM
Sounds good to me.

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Last Edited by FreeWilly on Nov 25, 2014 3:12 AM
Steamrollin Stan
805 posts
Nov 25, 2014
2:22 AM
invalid source....wtf?
ridge
565 posts
Nov 25, 2014
3:59 AM
Stan - I think some browsers may not like playing WAV format directly through the page. Here's the non-embedded file: A Flat Woodshed.wav

Moose - It's just my foot on the floorboard of a Forester. No plans to OMB... this is just how I practice.

Shagannapi - Thanks, I thought there were some catchy parts too which is why I decided to toss it up.

Resonator - I double checked and I'm sure it's an Ab harp in 2nd position which puts me in Db. You are right to question me though since I've been wrong about keys many times on this forum :)

Edited, but then unedited to keep my error.
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Last Edited by ridge on May 28, 2019 1:14 PM
Resonator
46 posts
Nov 25, 2014
6:42 AM
Now I feel silly for chiming in Dan b/c who cares but I'm fairly certain 2nd position on an Ab harp is Eb; Db would be 12th position. Anyone ?

In the end, doesn't matter, great playing regardless. Cheers.
ridge
566 posts
Nov 25, 2014
7:37 AM
Yeah, Reso, don't feel silly. You made me question myself and I went back to check again and I was still wrong. You're right! Eb is 2nd position on an Ab.
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kudzurunner
5154 posts
Nov 25, 2014
7:59 AM
Very nice, Ridge. You're working a funky one-chord groove in a style that I enjoy working, too. The challenge is to keep the groove, work variations on the palette of notes that you've chosen, do so while constantly playing with the duration of each little melodic motif, and then expand on the note-palette, as you do, moving from minor pentatonic to major pentatonic. You handle all those choices really well.

I always wanted to take it one more step and modulate, at will, up a half-step on every lick. My overblow chops weren't quite good enough to do that, but at that point, if one can do that, you're suddenly moving into the realm of jazz.

BTW, how do you embed a WAV file like that?
The Iceman
2256 posts
Nov 25, 2014
8:24 AM
Solid ideas. Even though it is a practice, you should not sound so tentative...play with NO DOUBT.
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blingty
54 posts
Nov 25, 2014
9:11 AM
Hey Ridge,

Very nice indeed! I enjoyed that. From the title, I expected to see a picture of a crushed wooden shed ("a flat woodshed") :-)

kudzurunner wrote:
>>I always wanted to take it one more step and modulate, at will, up a half-step on every lick.

Me too. I'd say not many players can play the same lick up a half step in time with good phrasing. Who could do that fluently and reliably, I wonder - Howard, Jason Rosenblatt? At one point I was aiming for that with overblowing, but now it's one of the reasons I focus on chromatic. Now that I think about it, for just that side-slipping technique you'd (one would) just need to learn 2nd position and the same thing up a semitone, it's not 12 keys.

Sorry, I'm just rambling here and don't mean to distract from the thread... I really enjoyed the music.

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ridge
567 posts
Nov 25, 2014
11:13 AM
Kudz - Thanks for the analysis. You are pretty spot on. This is an ongoing effort at isolating the minor vs. major pentatonic while also trying to minimize the use of the flat 5 (which I didn't do that well here). At the same time, I'm trying to not make it sound stiff like a scale exercise.

As for the modulation, I'm definitely not there. It's not really even on my radar. I do have a little thing that I do with a lick of yours where I play in three octaves plus a little bit more. I'll record it and throw it in this thread.

Ice - You're also right about me playing with hesitation.
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ridge
568 posts
Nov 25, 2014
11:20 AM
To embed audio in html, I used the following article: HTML5 Audio
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