Adam amd Jason have both said learn and copy, but to also try to be an innovater.
I have a few ideas I have been working on so I wanted to share one to see what you guys think.
Jason said in one of his classes at HCH that in 2nd positions blues ....if you go into first position on the IV chord that you need to repeat what you just did on the one chord...otherwise, play your 2nd position licks as most do. This stuck with me and explains why a lot of stuff I try does not sound right.
On the 2nd break that starts at :47, I do a 2/5 draw split that gives me the root(2 draw) and the flat 7th (5 draw). When I go to the IV chord at 1:04, I play a double stop...6 overblow and 7 blow which gives me the flat 7th and the root of the IV chord.
Sometimes it sounds better. I played it at a jam on Red House with my Double Trouble and it worked well, I think. It also works playing 1st position in one chord blues.
I'm not sure if I have heard this double stop before. Maybe I did and didn't know what it was.
Referring to another thread...I try the 6 draw leading to 6 ob at 1:21 and not sure about it either. I have not tried the 6 draw very much in 2nd position.
5f6h....I really didn't do the lead-in the same way on the IV like you suggest. My emphasis was on the the long notes. 2/5 draw dominating the I chord and the 6ob/7 blow dominating the IV.
My question ....is this a usable double stop or am I wasting time? Maybe the recording does not do justice, but if done correctly the double stop has a haunting effect.........or are the notes so close it sounds muddy.
Quite a difference in the sound of playing the root and flat 7 almost an octave apart versus only a step apart.
I agree that the flat 7 dominates, but after much debate and discussion on the forum I've started learning to tongue block. I'm not far enough along yet to add much more than a few splits.
Thanks for your response 5F6H...now you have got me wondering about doing splits on the IV chord leading into the double stop.
IMHO whatever you are playing at 1:05 and 1:24 sounds a little discordant in relation to the rest of what you are doing, and not particularly "bluesy." To my ear, everything else sounds pretty good.
This really doesn't have anything to do with what you are asking, but a very cool split in second position is the D3 D6 which gives you a third/ninth split (part of a 9th chord) on the I and it also works on the V (but I'm not sure why). FWIW.
Last Edited by on Jun 20, 2011 3:42 PM
Thanks hvyj... I have not tried to use the 3/6 draw split but I will.
Thats what I'm trying to figure out...am I using this unique double stop out of context or is it something not very useful? It was fun to learn anyway.
I'll buy it. My ears like the tension. In Jazz the dominant seventh chords can have the kitchen sink played over them. This comes down to what you want to create. ---------- Emile "Diggs" D'Amico a Legend In His Own Mind How you doin'
