Destin
41 posts
Jan 20, 2013
4:14 PM
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anyone have any cool licks where the minor 3'rd is used on the IV chord of a blues?
I'm sure you can't hang on it but there has to be some cools ways to use it as a passing tone.
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FMWoodeye
542 posts
Jan 20, 2013
5:57 PM
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If you go to Ronnie Shellist's site...I think it's www.harmonica123.com....he has a downloadable lesson available for $10. It's a 44-minute lesson on IV chord licks.
A 44-minute lesson for $10 is a pretty damn good value, I think. I might add, there's a lot of meat on that bone, the three-hole draw and the bends. Don't be like a woman eating a spare rib and let that meat go to waste.
Last Edited by on Jan 20, 2013 6:04 PM
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Destin
42 posts
Jan 20, 2013
9:28 PM
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I have that lesson, no licks with that 4 overflow on the IV though. Gussow does some as matter a fact there was a really hip one on the MBH throw down, he did a quick triplet thing with it and that's how I been basically doing them.
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Todd Parrott
1090 posts
Jan 21, 2013
12:12 AM
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Destin, I can show you a few licks that I use with the 4 overblow on the IV chord if you wanna contact me.
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mr_so&so
631 posts
Jan 21, 2013
9:37 AM
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At first I thought Destin was talking about using the second position minor third (3 draw half step bend, not the "blue" third) over the IV chord, which also works well, 'cause it is a component of first position licks. Any first position licks work well over the IV chord. I like to think about it that way...
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Moon Cat
132 posts
Jan 21, 2013
10:18 AM
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The b3rd on the 4 chord is one of the most logical choises and you can absolutely hang on it. if you play the major 3rd on the one even a little bit the b3rd will actually illustrate the 4 chord itself! Meow. Go nuts kids!
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The Iceman
696 posts
Jan 21, 2013
1:19 PM
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WARNING: music theory......
The second position minor third (3 draw half step bend, not the "blue" third) over the IV chord gives you the dominant 7th note of that IV chord, so is a good choice.
The flat 3rd of the IV chord (if it is a Major IV chord) gives you a "hip" +9 note. (This note is what makes Hendrick's opening chords of "Foxy Lady" sound so cool. This song actually introduced a whole generation of young music lovers to the sound of +9, which jazz musicians were hip to for a while).
So, you can hang on it as an entity unto itself as long as it sounds good to your ears. It can also be used as a passing tone leading to the major 3rd of that IV chord, which I've heard Kudzu use frequently.
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The Iceman
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Brendan Power
333 posts
Jan 21, 2013
3:54 PM
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Overblowing hole 4 is one way to get the b3 on the four chord, but alternatively it's a soulful blow bend on hole 5 on an x-reed harp. Lots of examples of it being used here (track 1, C Richter harp):
http://x-reed.com/products.php
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