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that awesome lick in little walters 'last night'
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pimike
11 posts
Feb 26, 2018
1:43 PM
you know that one awesome lick in little walters 'last night'...it has eluded me for so long. it happens on the iv i believe during the solo, right after those three warbles. i don't stress on playing a song like a cover, that's why i love blues. it is spontaneous and improvisational, hell, ya gotta make it your own right! breaking this riff down has been a frustrating exercise. i just can't nail it. the mannish boys nailed it beautifully in their cover. can any one come up with some tab?
SuperBee
5287 posts
Feb 26, 2018
1:54 PM
It’s on the I chord, measure 4.
I’ll break it down if no one else does, but I won’t get to it for at least 12 hours.
pimike
12 posts
Feb 26, 2018
3:09 PM
yes it is the I chord, thanks super bee

Last Edited by pimike on Feb 26, 2018 3:10 PM
SuperBee
5289 posts
Feb 27, 2018
1:48 AM
Something like
3’ +4 4 +5 5 +6
5 +5 4 +4
3’ 3’ 3” 2 2” 2 2

Sorry, no time notation.
There’s something else in the first phrase I can’t quite pick up, may be an artefact, dunno, some may think it significant but I can live with some mystery.

that first note is a pickup from bar 3, I’ll leave the count to you as I’m too lazy and also you can figure how it fits into the bit that follows. I reckon he swaps that 2 draw for a 3 blow at the end to set up the IV chord warble
SuperBee
5290 posts
Feb 27, 2018
1:59 AM
G harp of course
Hope you can hear the phrases
There could be some scooping on the 4 draw but it’s mainly the phrases and then I think catching the expression is up to you.
Martin
1408 posts
Feb 27, 2018
5:30 AM
Superbee: He also touches 6D on that ascending lick in the first phrase, as well as 6B. (My impression is that the + sign stands for "blow"?)
SuperBee
5292 posts
Feb 27, 2018
6:15 AM
Yes, that’s my meaning of +

6 draw, I can accept it. I could hear another higher pitch but couldn’t quite grab it.
pimike
13 posts
Feb 27, 2018
7:48 AM
thanks for that perspective superbee. it is amazing to think that walter probably knew basicly where he wanted to go when he recorded that phrase, but i bet he never worried about playing it the same way twice. it's no fun thinking when you're playing, you just gotta feel! trying to figure a phrase like this out is a good exercise however.


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