wolfkristiansen
212 posts
Sep 21, 2013
3:42 AM
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As my six year old grand-daughter said when she pushed me off the computer bench one afternoon, and commandeered the keyboard-- "Watch and learn".
Watch (listen) and learn. This is syncopation:
Jimmy McGriff's chords, harmony, structure, melody, you name it, are nothing special. This 50 year old song has endured because of its syncopation. Learn from it. William Clarke recorded it, but was not nearly as tight, rhythmically. The infectious rhythm in this, the original, comes not only from when the notes start but when they end. Lesson-- Pay attention to when you start a note on the harp but also when you end it. Sometimes you have to cut it off at just the right time.
Cheers,
wolf kristiansen
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