blueswannabe
143 posts
Jun 11, 2012
5:35 AM
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I would really like to create a 10 to 15 song chromatic study list for people like me that play mainly diatonic but wish to begin the journey into chromatic, maybe some d minor blues (no slide) or tunes with slide in at all times or maybe a few slide changes. Please help out!
1. Blues in the Dark - George Harmonica Smith (Eb -slide in the whole time).
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Michael Rubin
558 posts
Jun 11, 2012
8:02 AM
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I do not think there are any particularly simple blues classics on chrome, but Little Walter's Blue and Lonesome and Crazy Mixed Up World are good places to start. Also, George Smith's Boogie'n with George and Monkey on a Limb are great. William Clarke, Rod Piazza, Rick Estrin almost always include chrome on their albums. I recently learned Primich's Texas Love Kit, he's got a few good chrome tunes.
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barbequebob
1928 posts
Jun 11, 2012
8:06 AM
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The two George Smith tunes Michael Rubin listed are played on a key of C chromatic played in 1st position, so the slide will be necessary/
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Tuckster
1064 posts
Jun 11, 2012
8:31 AM
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As a starting point,in D minor blues,any draw note will work,slide out. It helps you get more comfortable with the chromatic.
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billy_shines
540 posts
Jun 11, 2012
8:53 AM
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i could only play button out took me 7 years to break a 10 hole chromonica in to play blues.
then came hakans vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oEmu1XOcTM
he is one turned out down cat ;)
this got me using the button on a 12 hole C chromonica for some reason i picked up my useless Db harp and alternated between the two. i didnt know what key i was in it turns out i was in C (thanks harp nerds)which is (lemme get my notes) yeah when you push the button in you play in 6th position on Db my guess is hakan is playing in C but im sure im wrong. we argued this to hell and back with little walters thats it. and supposedly stevie wonder plays in C slide in and out on "fingertips" which i cant play. so im just working on hakans thing because i can play along and see when he pushes the button. im doing "summertime" on an E CX12 with the button mostly in and trying to copy some of stevies tricks because stevies songs are great to serenade girls with. my tuner says i do this in D and the harp nerds say D 11th position button out D 4th position button in. i just know it works and i like it but if you can pick up that jab the slide and play in 6th in C trick thats also on little walters thats it and stevies finger tips, it will really look like you know what your doing and possibly even get you laid. the one blow/draw almost sounds like sax and everyone likes to have bad sax. special thanks to hakan youre making my life as a poser much more fulfilling almost to the point where it looks like i have actual talent. peace brother!
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jim
1258 posts
Jun 11, 2012
9:07 AM
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Air on the G string...
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billy_shines
541 posts
Jun 11, 2012
10:28 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DyoELdCK9A
I SUCK I QUIT! this isnt gonna get me quickie sex in the toilet with cocktail waitresses. back to the rolling stones and yardbirds. i took most of the valves offs im runnin out of air, and i should have enough because i quit smoking a whole 6 weeks ago. that explosion is the ceiling fan on the mic not me blowing into the bullet. i had to have it on because its so hot i cant breathe. im not making excuses for being incompetent but suckage has alot of contributing factors besides you cant play. should i glue the valves back on and try again? is there a corian comb for the CX12? maybe ill try again with a beret and leather blazer and it will work.
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FMWoodeye
364 posts
Jun 11, 2012
10:53 AM
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Billy, I think the beret and blazer is the way to go. I do a parody version of Heartbreak Hotel, and I emulate Elvis' mutton-chop sideburns by hanging a couple of pork chops (couldn't find mutton chops) on my face, just forward of my ears. It's quite effective.
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billy_shines
543 posts
Jun 11, 2012
11:08 AM
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oh hey wood thats what im doing on the harp you sent. i just listened to geaorge smiths version maybe i should actually listen to the peice instead of just playing that one line over and over whats that from porgy and bess? but before it gets too OT elvis was a god this is a statue of dionysis http://www.sott.net/image/image/11138/Elvis_statue.jpg
but what i find really amazing is how much baccus looks like fat elvis
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53263730@N00/147917779/
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clyde
266 posts
Jun 11, 2012
12:31 PM
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billy,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DyoELdCK9A
is that your vid?
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billy_shines
544 posts
Jun 11, 2012
1:01 PM
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yeah its me im really ashamed of it im just a beginner. but i cant play this on diatonic never have been able to.
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billy_shines
555 posts
Jun 12, 2012
11:43 AM
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ok this is nothing new but these songs are all on youtube i dont know what key summertime is in. i played along with blues in the dark first time i ever played button in chromatic. it was fun it helps to know that little walter doodle thing he does on my babe if you can do it on diatonic. its best not to get scared and just play along and wing it. i found it quite sloppy but way cool.
George Smith "C" Chromatic Harmonica Songs
"C" First Position
Peg O' My Heart
Songs in "D" Third Position
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Miss O Malley’s Rally
Mississippi River Blues (Plus "G" Diatonic Harmonica Second Position)
Oopin’ Doopin’ Doopin’
Teardrops Falling (Plus "G" Diatonic Harmonica Second Position)
Songs in "Eb" Third Position Button In
Blues in the Dark
Down In New Orleans aka Hey Mr. Porter
Tight Dress
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hvyj
2459 posts
Jun 12, 2012
12:58 PM
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"As a starting point,in D minor blues, any draw note will work, slide out."
NOT TRUE. 7 draw slide out is B which is the major 6th if you are playing D minor on a C chrom. That is a BAD NOTE for playing D minor blues.
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Michael Rubin
561 posts
Jun 12, 2012
1:11 PM
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Hvyj
7 draw slide out is A. 4, 8 and 12 draw slide out is B.
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billy_shines
556 posts
Jun 12, 2012
6:25 PM
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okay i jammed mississippi river with a G diatonic and was lovin it do a button jab on the 7th hole draw with my index but pretty much hold the chromatic in my right hand and the G pro harp in my left.
then i tried without music backing fucked up all over the place demons werent with me.
went to a slow blues in D this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGkDAs1qYU8
im playing all over the damn place how is this possible if im in D minor? i dont get it but i wish i knew this shit was possible in 1979.
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