2plankr
42 posts
Jul 23, 2013
3:05 PM
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Hi Guys,
Can anyone tell me what Nic is doing in this riff at 1:23 in the first video while playing the Delta Sonic.
http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/board/board_topic/5560960/5440563.htm
Thanks.
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Rick Davis
2152 posts
Jul 23, 2013
3:22 PM
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tookatooka
3409 posts
Jul 23, 2013
3:27 PM
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Thinks it's a tongue warble. Open mouth to cover four holes and move tongue from side to side touching the comb. I think?
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The Iceman
1035 posts
Jul 23, 2013
3:46 PM
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at 1:23, it sounds like an octave inhale 4,7, reeds slightly out of tune and he is really digging into it forcefully.
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Harpaholic
305 posts
Jul 23, 2013
3:50 PM
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What is he doing? He's cutting our heads!
I agree with Tooka, some kind of tongue warble
Last Edited by Harpaholic on Jul 23, 2013 3:54 PM
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ReedSqueal
457 posts
Jul 23, 2013
6:44 PM
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I'd call it a tongue flutter, then working up and down the scale a bit. Like tmf74 says, not the side-to-side kind.
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2plankr
43 posts
Jul 23, 2013
8:29 PM
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Hey I've got an idea. Rick, do you think you could ask Nic or would that not be cool?
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Rick Davis
2155 posts
Jul 23, 2013
8:32 PM
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Yeah, I will see Nic at the jam on Sunday. I'll ask him if I think about it.
My guess is it is a tongue pump.
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The Iceman
1039 posts
Jul 24, 2013
6:26 AM
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Tell Nic not to be such a show off :)
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Rick Davis
2156 posts
Jul 24, 2013
7:19 AM
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Iceman, he is shameless. ;-)
When I first met Nic four years ago he was 13 and his chops were amazing... his riffing. The next step up was the following year when his phrasing took a big leap forward with his melodic ideas.
The next year he worked on tone and his playing got this huge warm sound. He also mastered playing the high reed bends.
And the latest focus seams to be adding drama, tension, and emotion to his solos.
That seems to be the arc of his development on harp.
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Last Edited by Rick Davis on Jul 24, 2013 7:21 AM
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Littoral
941 posts
Jul 24, 2013
8:38 AM
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The humility really shows in his playing.
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bigd
477 posts
Jul 24, 2013
8:45 AM
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I say he is fluttering "side to side"
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CarlA
388 posts
Jul 24, 2013
8:57 AM
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The most amazing aspect of Nic's video is the fact that you could actually HEAR his solos. It's almost as if the band members suddenly get stricken by a muscular paralysis nerve toxin, and instead of wailing on the drums and guitar/bass like 99.99% of blues jam bands do, they actually lay-off the decibels and sedately accompany Nic and allow Him to play.
It sounds like you run a very strict, organized jam. Well done!
-Carl
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Last Edited by CarlA on Jul 24, 2013 8:58 AM
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Kingley
2928 posts
Jul 24, 2013
9:21 AM
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Nice 3rd position stuff. I'd say Nic is doing side to side tongue flutters and just moving up and down the harp. It's a variation on a fairly popular riff usually played in 2nd position with rolls (most folk call them warbles ).
Last Edited by Kingley on Jul 24, 2013 9:26 AM
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CarlA
389 posts
Jul 24, 2013
9:33 AM
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His simply playing, IMO, a 2/4,3/5,4/6 warble ascending, then descending. I use this a lot in 3rd position.
-Carl
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Grey Owl
217 posts
Jul 24, 2013
9:51 AM
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@ 1.23 sounds like a 1/4 split,tongue on/off flutter.
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Last Edited by Grey Owl on Jul 24, 2013 9:51 AM
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Rick Davis
2157 posts
Jul 24, 2013
11:38 AM
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CarlA- Nic is playing with my band, the host band of the jam. The guitar player/singer is also a bandmate of Nic's in Bad Brad & The Fat Cats. So, these guys know how to back a harp.
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Last Edited by Rick Davis on Jul 24, 2013 12:10 PM
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Rick Davis
2175 posts
Jul 30, 2013
9:20 PM
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I talked to Nic. It is a side-to-side tongue flutter starting on 1-4 draw, walking it up and down the harp.
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Gnarly
650 posts
Jul 30, 2013
9:44 PM
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I just "bookmarked" it in the comments.
So it's easy to cue up now.
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2plankr
44 posts
Jul 31, 2013
10:25 AM
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Thanks Rick.
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CarlA
393 posts
Jul 31, 2013
1:53 PM
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It cracks me up how every single response to the OP was incorrect, including mine(although my guess was the most accurate-lol) ;)
-Carl
Last Edited by CarlA on Jul 31, 2013 1:54 PM
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Rick Davis
2181 posts
Jul 31, 2013
2:02 PM
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CarlA, even mine was incorrect, and I hear him play every week.
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tmf714
1862 posts
Jul 31, 2013
3:52 PM
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"It cracks me up how every single response to the OP was incorrect, including mine(although my guess was the most accurate-lol) "
Don't crack yourself up too much-
Dennis and Kingley were correct-
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CarlA
394 posts
Jul 31, 2013
4:07 PM
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Oops, that right! You were the ONLY incorrect r tmf714
1862 posts
Jul 31, 2013
3:52 PM "It cracks me up how every single response to the OP was incorrect, including mine(although my guess was the most accurate-lol) "
Don't crack yourself up too much-
Dennis and Kingley were correct-
Oops, thats right!! Your response was the ONLY INCORRECT one-lol!!
Last Edited by CarlA on Jul 31, 2013 4:11 PM
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tmf714
1863 posts
Jul 31, 2013
4:17 PM
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"Oops, thats right!! Your response was the ONLY INCORRECT one-lol!! "
nope-reedsqeel too-
"I'd call it a tongue flutter, then working up and down the scale a bit. Like tmf74 says, not the side-to-side kind."
Better break out those spectacles-
Last Edited by tmf714 on Jul 31, 2013 4:18 PM
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