i am trying to just guess on the triplets as you can hear. i cant find anything that shows me tabs for cool runs and appriego runs or what ever its called
Hey man...nice dorian work! I don't think you're doing anything wrong....if you're trying to sound like yourself! Getting runs down takes time...figure out on paper or in your ear how you wnt them to sound them play them slow and get faster. ---------- JB http://www.facebook.com/jbharmonica jbustillos@gmail.com
I think you sound very good and smooth. You are doing NOTHING wrong. You have a good tone...it's nice and pure. Throw an octave in here and there (maybe) is all I would add to an otherwise nice piece of work. Continue at will. Regards, Me aka "old grouchy" ------ "The degree of someone's "open mindedness" will be in direct proportion to how much they agree or disagree with the issue being discussed"...William F. Buckley
Sounds great. You leave little bits of space. You're varying your speed, working repeated phrases with variation. Some nice runs early on into the upper end. (If that's a SP20 maybe open up the back of the covers.)
All in all, you're sounding good. But, if you insist on some critique, I can offer it up, although it's minor stuff: 1.I detected an overblow or two in there. How, you ask? Because the intonation wasn't spot-on as it is with your non-ob/od notes. Work on nailing the actual note, not just the overblow technique itself.
2.You're stretching out well and working lots of notes in-not a bad thing, mind you-but perhaps vary the length of the notes(i.e., speed up, slow down, sustain sometimes, etc), and try to play melodically. Give it a bit more texture so it doesn't sound like random noodling.
3. Keep up the good work! I'm enjoying watching your progress. Sorry you couldn't make HCH.
Slow it down. Make sure you have the timing right on the triplets. It will have a cool effect when you slam into them after playing standard eighth and sixteenth notes. I'm not sure I would pick this song for your experiment perhaps something a little simpler. Your playing is nice, as everyone has said, but you are working on triplets right? Make sure you get the three eighth note values -in time -per beat. Don't confuse them with 16th notes (4 per beat).
---------- Danny
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A good way to practice triplets is to 'loop' them. I don't mean with an effects pedal, but play the three notes repeatedly back to back, which is a good way to practice any complicated run that you want to perfect. Do this with either a steady footbeat or even a metronome, starting at a fairly tempo and holding each note the whole beat, then gradually increasing as you feel comfortable. Your timing on the triplets will improve quickly! ---------- Todd L. Greene
