Wow just found this by J Ricci—Really informative and helpful—for learning the 145 changes and playing over chord changes Hope I didn't break a rule posting this;
The band I play with now has bass—drum—guitar- harp and now sax only 1 main rhythm instrument---so I do a lot of octaves splits on the I IV and V----so guitar player has more to lead over—I just hold it steady like a background synth— Now the new sax guy n me are both doing a root note thing over whatever chord he’s on—kind alike a horn section—we very which octave to do it sometimes –it’s a b last and helps guitarist on leads
This video just opened up a hole new world of backing tips w/ out being intrusive Its all based on cross harp 3 draw and bends- Note;---3db1= 3 draw bend first bend etc
3 draw home base over I chord 3db1= home base over IV chord 3db2= home base for V chord
By home base I don’t mean the root note –I simply mean u keep hitting that note preferably on the one beat of every measure
did a quick chart to see why it works so well So if were in G playing a C harp Simple G chord= 135 G B D THE I CHORD Simple C chord =135 C E G The Iv chord Simple D chord = 135 D F# A The V chord
So 3 draw over the I chord G = the 3rd of the G chord
The 3db1 over the IV chord is the b7 of the C chord [part of pentatonic scale in C] And I think it’s the tri tone of the I chord
The 3db2 over the V chord is the 5 of the D chord
Probably made a mistake somewhere But I wanted to see why it worked so well Still don’t see why—But it sounds great
Aside from my jibberish—I just found a whole new deal for backing someone and using the bends on hole 3 more— Goes along with my trying to get back to being less busy and to play more traditionally At any rate IM STOKED Im gonna work on this
Thanks so much for making me aware of this video. It’s so simple but so intelligent. It is the easiest way to learn improvising blues on any instrument and even easier for harp players,since it’s all around 3 draw!!
how many of you really "own" those notes created through bend technique for 3 hole inhale, though? (which I recommend as the first step before actually using them) ---------- The Iceman
Also guys I still have some skype openings! email me at jasonricci1@gmail.com ---------- www.mooncat.org
Last Edited by Moon Cat on Apr 27, 2018 2:59 PM
