More feeling in this attempt, I think. Those of us who know your playing will guess that you make an effort to restrain yourself from (making) too much technique: I mean it. Hey! I noticed one note in the low range!
Not country. This is a basic walking blues swing thing. Nice anyway. You know you're a real good player Ted, and this is another example of that. I only wish you looked like you were enjoying it a little more. But hey. That's just me. Knock yourself out. And keep letting us all appreciate what you do.
I really like what you do here, but I do think it is one of the several variations of the 8-bar blues structure. Try Orange Blossom Special. Now that is country!
Well now that's a country track alright. Not as easy as it sounds, huh?. I notice you have a little honey tone amp on your shelf. Do you us it much, and if so, for what?
Thanks, harper. These are actually riffs I've had for years when it comes to country tunes, and you're right, playing these changes at this tempo ain't as simple as it sounds. You have to know your business, and that's why I'm spending more time refining what I know. Practice does not hurt.
I know players, guitarists and harpists alike, who think their Honey Tone amps are great. I will say that mine does crank on the volume, but I found it the sound to be too fuzzy and that it fed back too much. It works just fine with headphones for merely practicing, but I think I am sticking with my Pignose amp for private practice. Better tone there, more control of the feedback. The Honeytone is inexpensive; I bought mine from a store for twentyfive dollars, but I have seen it on line for sale for nineteen bucks. ---------- Ted Burke http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUDjK-ibQ&feature=relmfu ted-burke.com tburke4@san.rr.co,
I actually have one too, and just lately I've been using it to play thru out in the park, just jamming to some recorded tracks on my ipod, which is hooked up to a little plug in Altec speaker, and that's got a little egg static mic in front of it which is plugged into the honey tone for amplification. It all runs on batteries, which last a good while, and I play harp un-amped. Just funnin' around and trying my hand at some low risk exposure. (The only people who have approached me have been a ooupla daytime drunks). Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread. Keep on Countryin'.
...and still another experiment in country harmonica... ---------- Ted Burke http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUDjK-ibQ&feature=relmfu ted-burke.com tburke4@san.rr.co,
(Coming from a harphack like me, take my $0.02 with a grain of harp munge) I like the runs a lot, and love the range, and the feel, but it sounds like you're falling off the beat a bit, have you played this song w/ headphones on?
I wish I could get that kind of range, something that is super lacking in my playing.
Ted, I really enjoyed that. I'm also starting to play some more country-style stuff myself in cross harp and really enjoying breaking out of the blues scale. Your fast runs are pretty awesome. It will take me quite a while to get to your level of skill there. Thanks for sharing. ----------
