This is from a recent jam. Singer called out G minor so I thought I would try some third position playing. My third is still very infantile at this stage and I am trying to put some effort into learning. Just wanted to see what others impressions (good and particularly bad :) ) are. Sound quality is poor, but sounds much better if played in a car/home stereo. Thanks:)
Ps. Video is kinda long. Fast forward between 2:35-5:00
Man, I really liked that. I like how you built up to the solo and created a lot of tension. I thought the "release" of the tension during the solo was very well played. To my ears, I heard a lot of originality. It didn't feel derivative at all, which was really cool.
If the guitar guy is doing the freddie King/ Clapton song- it is not a minor key song( not sure what he was thinking) - but you got some minor key practice anyway
@michaelmc Thanks for taking the time to view and post your feedback. I really like third, just trying to get more comfortable with it. I guess it's back to the woodshed:)
@slapphappy I have a low F, but didn't think to use it. I personally like playing standard F diatonic, but agree that it can sometimes be shrill :0(
@goldbrick Thanks! Not too sure why he called out minor either-lol.
I wasn't hearing a definite minor chord, maybe sometimes, but I think the important thing is, you can play minor over major and it still sound good, but major over minor makes you sound like an amateur.
you did good enough. ---------- theharmonicaclub.com (of Huntington, WV)
Not to hi jack your thread Carl,but it didn't seem worth it to start a new one. Here's my go at a 3rd position track from way back when i played with a band who did a few minor songs.Now i mostly just go a Jam (where a minor is rarely called)Backing track by Dan Traynor called "African Root" Any comments welcome
@CarlA: The high F is a tough beast to tame, but I think that during your backing/fills part you´re mostly doing just fine. The solo however, lacks something. A certain ... decisiveness perhaps, and you convey some added uncertainty when you hit a few bum notes.
Don´t know how for long you´ve played and so forth -- but in this context there´s another guy who stands out as seriously lacking in ability. Not your fault, of course.
I thought you sounded pretty good, but I've seen enough of your videos to know I really shouldn't be judging you ;-). You sound a lot better in 3rd than I do; but I'm working on it.
Edit: Just to make the last part of the first sentence clear: you're a lot better than I am (but that doesn't mean I don't have an opinion ;-))
Last Edited by Harp Study on May 20, 2015 5:57 PM
@CarlA: OK, so you´ve been around a while. Then perhaps you own an Eb and/or Bb harp? In a case such as this I´d say there could be merits in either using an Eb in 5th pos, or a Bb in 4th. 5th would give you some more room in the first octave; 4th could give you some effective wailing opportunities in the higher region -- of course, then you´re basically covering the same territory as the mid octave in F, but all things considered I´d still opt for one of those approaches.
