I saw this video yesterday and just had to learn this ending. Ive heard many people use this, but it never hit me like " I had to learn it. "
Also I'm searching for more 5 cord licks and transitions for the 12 bar. So i figured i would tie the two together. Lol. So hook it up with some killer 5 cord / turnaround licks
I 100% recommend you look at Dave Barrett's bluesharmonica.com.
He has a series of lessons about the V-IV-I turnaround area. There's a PDF for download with like a hundred examples (and a mp3 of him playing each one).
The turnaround area is a real spot of weakness for many players, so it's worth some study. (By the way, Dave has a similar series of lessons on ending licks, with dozens of ending licks.) ---------- Marc Graci YouTube Channel
Ive been going thru the 3rd position lessons. I have done Daves site twice before and I never really cared for it. This time however I'm loving it.
Also I have dug into both of those lessons your talking about and I have learned a few new ones. It is a great resource. But you still have to wade through them all to find ones that fit your style. It can actually be kind of a pain at times when your only using your phone .. lol.
I still like to hear what everybody else uses and swap licks. Its more fun that way. 8^)
Dan Gage did a vid a few years ago that I really liked. The lesson on the turn around starts at the 4:20 mark. Dan Ridgeway calls it anchoring. I use this, or a variation of it often.
2 Chops .... Yes, that is the lick im taking about exactly! Nice. I wish I found this video before I figured it out on my own. I had to sit and replay the youtube vid about 20 times. And the wifi was lagging and the video kept buffering .. GAHHH! ... Lol. What a pain. Atleast Im not trying to learn it from LP. 8^)
MTG. Wow, Thanks for takung the time to post all that. But ... Honestly most of those were not my style. However I really loved the West Side Andy and the Mitch Kashmar licks. They are great. Ill have to learn them for sure.
Maybe the simple ones are useful, but I prefer tricky sounding ones. They just really pop.
Here's a great one from Horton. It actually starts out the song on the 5.
Heres another one by Horton in the same album. This song also starts on the 5.
Last Edited by Killa_Hertz on Jan 13, 2017 5:41 PM
Killa, the thing I've learnt is that good players use a mix of simple and complex note choices. To my ears a person that only tries to use complex stuff sounds like a relative beginner.
I knew a guitarist (amateur) years ago who couldn't play a riff straight - he always had to frill it up with extra grace notes and trills. Every solo headed the same way towards something high speed and technical. To start with you'd think wow, skill. But after a bit you'd just think, here we go again.
I think it's important to be able to switch between your harp-player's ears and your normal audience-ears, if you see what I mean!
Last Edited by MindTheGap on Jan 14, 2017 12:39 AM
Very well put! I was kindof thinking along those lines as I was listening to the"not so flashy" examples you posted. But you just clarified and confirmed it.
I do notice that even the greats, Horton, Jacobs, etc. ... When playing will sometimes take a fairly uneventful solo.
I notice that in this song with the guitar player. I don't think it's Ronnie Earl on this one, but I'm not sure. But either way the guitar is just annoying to me. Listening to this album over and over .. i tend to skip this song simply because i can't stand the guitar.
Here's the song. And if you think it's"not that bad" .. restart it and listen to it a few times .. lol.
Last Edited by Killa_Hertz on Jan 14, 2017 5:10 AM
Killa, 'This video is not available' But is it this one? https://youtu.be/3GXBBDmBCzg in which case I know what you mean! Although Ronnie Earl definitely is able to play simple and strong.
Last Edited by MindTheGap on Jan 14, 2017 11:04 AM
Ha. I couldn't recall that track but I had a look at the album list and I see it's one of the 3 numbers that don't feature WH. I generally skip those too. I haven't played that set for a long time. I've owned it for decades. I played it so much pre-internet that I think it's probably close to my 'conceptual starting place' for blues harp.
I still can't see that link, I guess it's a UK thing. But I think I found it - Big Walter Horton Live at the Knickerbocker, Lord Knows I Tried?
On the subject of complex/simple note choices: while I was finding something for Larry's mic thread, I referred to a Kim Wilson video. After five mins or so of amazing solo pyrotechnics - at about 6 mins he plays 36 bars of one note!
