zobot
11 posts
May 14, 2008
3:59 AM
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I have really enjoyed Adam's last two classes on youtube. I bought the What'd Say lesson a while ago and love it however I find that when I try to jam along with the great one I find it really difficult to keep up and/or keep in time. Is this an impossible feat or have some of you guys managed to pull it off????
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dewey.deloe
25 posts
May 15, 2008
5:13 AM
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zobot I have been playing about a year and the new Ray Charles licks are coming quickly. I bought the lesson a while back and it kicked my tail. However I went back to it a couple of nights ago and I am a lot closer now. I have never been much of a fan of Ray Charles but I like it a lot now. The timing/syncopation is really cool.
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Down the road I got to go
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Jeff
81 posts
May 15, 2008
10:43 AM
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Are you new to tongue-blocking? I could see how someone that doesn't do a lot of tb'ing might get bogged down in that lesson. But if you work hard at your tongue-splits, you'll get it. For me, the speed isn't that tricky at all - it's playing the riff a few times in a row without dying. There are hardly no spaces to release your breath. Breathing is always the most challenging aspect of blues harmonica for me.
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zobot
12 posts
May 15, 2008
11:53 AM
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I'm not new to tongue blocking and although I try and use it I still need to practice. I can play What'd Say so it sounds pretty good but I guess I just need to keep at it-getting it to sound right with the music it going to take work! Good to hear you guys achieved it, thanks for responding!
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charlyharp
12 posts
May 15, 2008
11:55 AM
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Hello, Jeff I totally agree breathing is one thing that I strugle a lot with. Keep impoving though. Cheers from London Charlyharp
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Jeff
82 posts
May 15, 2008
12:56 PM
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In Little Walter's biography he stated that at the very end of a few solos for Muddy Waters, he was on the verge of blacking out. So sometimes I don't feel so bad, haha.
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